---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state auditor; and to amend and reenact section 54-10-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the state auditor."
description: "Relating to the salary of the state auditor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1004"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1004 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fbbe8c8-d282-4efb-b2ac-fd5e77ecd540"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f650ba074cabaf5a7fb8aa367f498492ac2ff69aed8f78208e8810a58e42833c"
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 1004 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state auditor; and to amend and reenact section 54-10-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the state auditor.

Relating to the salary 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/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0148-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0148-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0148-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0148-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1004 — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1004 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1004 — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-02-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Received from House
- **2025-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-14** Concurred
- **2025-04-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Signed by President
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fbbe8c8-d282-4efb-b2ac-fd5e77ecd540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).