---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exempt status of records related to petitions in possession of the secretary of state."
description: "Relating to the exempt status of records related to petitions in possession of the secretary of state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1158"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1158 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory Stemen"]
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/42f7b18c-bca4-47db-b299-79b7c6566fdb"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f3e466cd1f2dee899103072890cb589340b3a536095c691c3b30ba9113ac1c24"
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 1158 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exempt status of records related to petitions in possession of the secretary of state.

Relating to the exempt status of records related to petitions in possession of the secretary of state.

## 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/25-0419-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0419-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1158 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1158 — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gregory Stemen — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — 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 02:45
- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `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 10:45
- **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 45 nays 1 `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/42f7b18c-bca4-47db-b299-79b7c6566fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).