---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 21-03-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bonding elections."
description: "Relating to bonding elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1138"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1138 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandy L. Pyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cc990d3-66b0-4ee3-a73a-dc0c86d65655"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "57db14824ab256f1a87429c7a82705d4be0051084abae539248a80713e73d8f2"
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 1138 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 21-03-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bonding elections.

Relating to bonding elections.

## 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/25-0363-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0363-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1138 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1138 — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandy L. Pyle — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2025-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to House
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cc990d3-66b0-4ee3-a73a-dc0c86d65655`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).