---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-10-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the state auditor."
description: "Relating to duties of the state auditor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1508"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1508 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily O'Brien"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01b17c21-328d-441b-ad2c-571cd806629b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e414b1bedf9bcf93354d5df2e650554b24cf83b19873fdbc3a83d313cb2ca6c9"
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 1508 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-10-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the state auditor.

Relating to duties of the state auditor.

## 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/23-0679-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0679-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0679-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0679-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0679-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1508 — **76–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1508 — **39–8** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1508 — **58–36** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1508 — **35–10** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1508 — **54–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily O'Brien — primary (person)
- Curt Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 10:20
- **2023-02-03** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 54 nays 40 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Reconsidered
- **2023-02-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-20** Committee Hearing 08:10
- **2023-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 58 nays 36 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 01:45
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 35 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-12** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee appointed Fegley Hatlestad Warrey
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed K. Roers Barta Estenson
- **2023-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 39 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01b17c21-328d-441b-ad2c-571cd806629b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).