---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-52-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the membership of the public employees retirement system board; to provide for duties of the public employees retirement system and public employees retirement system board; to provide for a transition; to provide an exemption; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the membership of the public employees retirement system board; to provide for duties of the public employees retirement system and public employees retirement system board; to provide for a transition; to provide an exemption; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1547"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1547 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-23"
last_action: "2023-10-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/448807da-bda5-4dfc-b9ab-c96d040bd5d2"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "986d96b2958bf9af0b8e9ece65f41627f3e312d1c2d8ad2c0342a24b647b64ca"
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 1547 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-52-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the membership of the public employees retirement system board; to provide for duties of the public employees retirement system and public employees retirement system board; to provide for a transition; to provide an exemption; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the membership of the public employees retirement system board; to provide for duties of the public employees retirement system and public employees retirement system board; to provide for a transition; to provide an exemption; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/special/documents/23-1171-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/special/documents/23-1171-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/special/documents/23-1171-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1547 — **80–12** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1547 — **34–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Policy Committee `introduction`
- **2023-10-23** Committee Hearing 11:20
- **2023-10-24** Committee Hearing 11:38
- **2023-10-24** Committee Hearing 02:41
- **2023-10-24** Reported back amended, without recommendation 9 5 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-10-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-10-24** Received from House
- **2023-10-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Policy Committee `introduction`
- **2023-10-24** Reported back amended, without recommendation 14 0 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 34 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-10-25** Returned to House
- **2023-10-25** Signed by President
- **2023-10-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-10-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** Signed by Governor 10/25 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 10/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/448807da-bda5-4dfc-b9ab-c96d040bd5d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).