---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 32-12.1-03 and 32-12.2-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the statutory caps for liability of political subdivisions and the state; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the statutory caps for liability of political subdivisions and the state; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1142"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1142 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandy L. Pyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/402f8302-ee2e-4ce6-bfaf-a692199a3c32"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ec98b1f5e4fe69004f94b2f9e18c3836c6183d74f07f1a6e4bcabc559639afe4"
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 1142 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 32-12.1-03 and 32-12.2-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the statutory caps for liability of political subdivisions and the state; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the statutory caps for liability of political subdivisions and the state; 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/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0080-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0080-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1142 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1142 — **86–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandy L. Pyle — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — 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 09:30
- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-01-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-22** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Returned to House
- **2025-03-18** 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/402f8302-ee2e-4ce6-bfaf-a692199a3c32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).