---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-09-30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recording, publishing, and archiving of school district board meetings."
description: "Relating to recording, publishing, and archiving of school district board meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1270"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1270 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy Frelich"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e80ff7b3-19ae-411c-ab0b-6930db9c7ac4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "48a19ec83f871fcc9169a77697ffaba42219745d81f8959727a6e17d26c9bd3e"
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 1270 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-09-30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recording, publishing, and archiving of school district board meetings.

Relating to recording, publishing, and archiving of school district board meetings.

## 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/23-0624-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0624-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0624-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0624-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0624-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1270 — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1270 — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1270 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathy Frelich — primary (person)
- Eric James Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Heilman — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Strinden — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Dyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Received from House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Rereferred to Education
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 03:20
- **2023-03-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-16** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e80ff7b3-19ae-411c-ab0b-6930db9c7ac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).