---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-35-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the chairman and vice chairman of the legislative management; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the chairman and vice chairman of the legislative management; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1313"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1313 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Kasper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0c311a5-8aa0-449a-8475-0c024f269d66"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d4b4ea93d3ada7c7351943d0d9d49a974a77c939adfc7ddef6d911927277f265"
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 1313 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-35-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the chairman and vice chairman of the legislative management; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the chairman and vice chairman of the legislative management; to provide for application; 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/23-0613-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0613-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0613-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0613-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1313 — **41–51** (fail) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1313 — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1313 — **80–13** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1313 — **36–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Kasper — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Curt Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bellew — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 03:28
- **2023-01-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 13, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Request return from committee
- **2023-03-06** Rereferred to State and Local Government
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-03-29** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 41 nays 51 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Reconsidered
- **2023-04-07** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-04-10** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-04-12** Reconsidered do concur
- **2023-04-12** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee appointed Klemin Cory Rios
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Barta K. Roers Braunberger
- **2023-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate recede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate recede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 36 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/08 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0c311a5-8aa0-449a-8475-0c024f269d66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).