---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ownership of accounting firms by qualified plans; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 10-31-04 and subsection 3 of section 43-02.2-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minority ownership of an accounting firm."
description: "Relating to ownership of accounting firms by qualified plans; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 10-31-04 and subsection 3 of section 43‑02.2‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minority ownership of an accounting firm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1156"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1156 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Austen Schauer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9145516e-06bd-4ef3-9ac1-00bc0ae59588"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e04a6377fb820263ac179135f390f4431fc951d93a04ae9df74cd1129c619c73"
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 1156 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ownership of accounting firms by qualified plans; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 10-31-04 and subsection 3 of section 43-02.2-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minority ownership of an accounting firm.

Relating to ownership of accounting firms by qualified plans; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 10-31-04 and subsection 3 of section 43‑02.2‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minority ownership of an accounting firm.

## 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/25-0074-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0074-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1156 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1156 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Austen Schauer — primary (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Jorin Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Christy — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-22** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-24** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `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/9145516e-06bd-4ef3-9ac1-00bc0ae59588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).