---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 40-04.1-01, 40-04.1-05, 40-08-06, 40-08-10, 40-09-04, 40-09-09, 40-14-03, 40-15-03, 40-49-05, 40-49-07, and 40-49-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to election of city commissioners, city council members, and park district commissioners."
description: "Relating to election of city commissioners, city council members, and park district commissioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1293"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1293 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandy Pyle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb9f215f-ac44-4c44-b2c8-a2cff93b8b51"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "cb8ec4e78dde63a69959db6b153dfc27fa3a52fdcc4dc754b36d9f70366011c3"
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 1293 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 40-04.1-01, 40-04.1-05, 40-08-06, 40-08-10, 40-09-04, 40-09-09, 40-14-03, 40-15-03, 40-49-05, 40-49-07, and 40-49-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to election of city commissioners, city council members, and park district commissioners.

Relating to election of city commissioners, city council members, and park district commissioners.

## 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/23-0849-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0849-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0849-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1293 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1293 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandy Pyle — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — 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 10:30
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 10:10
- **2023-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Returned to House
- **2023-03-21** Signed by President
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb9f215f-ac44-4c44-b2c8-a2cff93b8b51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).