---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 54-44.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to purchases by state officials and employees and multiple award vendor pool contracts; and to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 44-04-18.4, sections 54-44.4-01, 54-44.4-02, 54-44.4-05, subsection 1 of section 54-44.4-07, subsection 1 of section 54-44.4-09, sections 54-44.4-09.1, 54-44.4-12, 54-44.4-13, and 54-44.4-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state purchasing practices."
description: "Relating to purchases by state officials and employees and multiple award vendor pool contracts; and to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 44‑04‑18.4, sections 54‑44.4‑01, 54‑44.4‑02, 54‑44.4‑05, subsection 1 of section 54‑44.4‑07, subsection 1 of section 54‑44.4‑09, sections 54‑44.4‑09.1, 54‑44.4‑12, 54‑44.4‑13, and 54‑44.4‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state purchasing practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1122 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon O. Nelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09975805-0ae7-4df3-b582-df5e1280643b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "072ddaf04ea44f53bc70624bbece39b8fc0b7271d4ca6c55be45d2e8a9e9c885"
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 1122 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 54-44.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to purchases by state officials and employees and multiple award vendor pool contracts; and to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 44-04-18.4, sections 54-44.4-01, 54-44.4-02, 54-44.4-05, subsection 1 of section 54-44.4-07, subsection 1 of section 54-44.4-09, sections 54-44.4-09.1, 54-44.4-12, 54-44.4-13, and 54-44.4-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state purchasing practices.

Relating to purchases by state officials and employees and multiple award vendor pool contracts; and to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 44‑04‑18.4, sections 54‑44.4‑01, 54‑44.4‑02, 54‑44.4‑05, subsection 1 of section 54‑44.4‑07, subsection 1 of section 54‑44.4‑09, sections 54‑44.4‑09.1, 54‑44.4‑12, 54‑44.4‑13, and 54‑44.4‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state purchasing practices.

## 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/25-8115-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8115-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8115-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1122 — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1122 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jon O. Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-09** Committee Hearing 01:45
- **2025-01-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Returned to House
- **2025-03-14** Signed by President
- **2025-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09975805-0ae7-4df3-b582-df5e1280643b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).