---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to campaign finance."
description: "Relating to campaign finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1529"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1529 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Prichard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53dac0f3-de9f-43f2-bc40-bd023017de06"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "347c1781c24f454fc6ad328c80aebcd3120d6f2de811f5ad841042e27e40a90d"
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 1529 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to campaign finance.

Relating to campaign finance.

## 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/23-0766-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0766-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0766-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0766-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1529 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1529 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1529 — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandon Prichard — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff A. Hoverson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery J. Magrum — cosponsor (person)
- Jorin Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Estenson — cosponsor (person)
- Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Braunberger — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-03** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Amendment failed `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53dac0f3-de9f-43f2-bc40-bd023017de06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).