---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 61-39-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the board of directors of the Lake Agassiz water authority."
description: "Relating to the board of directors of the Lake Agassiz water authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1162"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1162 (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: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26ca044b-dc40-4c7a-aba6-e8fe2e2481f6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1355447746c2e4e41dd411f4cc965a3561160856ec5f350541d52dce9365d5b6"
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 1162 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 61-39-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the board of directors of the Lake Agassiz water authority.

Relating to the board of directors of the Lake Agassiz water authority.

## 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/25-0653-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0653-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1162 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1162 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Austen Schauer — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — 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 03:30
- **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`
- **2025-04-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to House
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26ca044b-dc40-4c7a-aba6-e8fe2e2481f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).