---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact subsection 5 of section 15.1-15-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to individuals under short-term contracts with a school district."
description: "Relating to individuals under short-term contracts with a school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1259 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna S. Novak"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8987c906-4ceb-44ab-9b19-f1cbee3d6072"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8bfe0ddba74788b1b37e0983a94db1aee473639c0d76e37f748bd6465ded294e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1259 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact subsection 5 of section 15.1-15-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to individuals under short-term contracts with a school district.

Relating to individuals under short-term contracts with a school district.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0877-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0877-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1259 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1259 — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna S. Novak — primary (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 04:40
- **2023-01-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Returned to House
- **2023-03-20** Signed by President
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8987c906-4ceb-44ab-9b19-f1cbee3d6072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).