---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 6-09-49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to capital construction projects; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to capital construction projects; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1292"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1292 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd Porter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da4d2e95-df34-4789-9b40-db1aea6f3c0f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6a2a641b5895d067a69d7d1b03132bcdacff29f495f7ff12b65b6a7360d1542c"
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 1292 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 6-09-49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to capital construction projects; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to capital construction projects; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-0897-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0897-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1292 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1292 — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1292 — **38–8** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1292 — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Todd Porter — primary (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Toman — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2023-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17** Reconsidered
- **2023-03-17** Rereferred to Industry and Business
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 11:10
- **2023-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 38 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-03-27** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `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/da4d2e95-df34-4789-9b40-db1aea6f3c0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).