---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-06-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state employee annual leave; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to state employee annual leave; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1170"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1170 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Motschenbacher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96040326-129f-4909-bad8-2ace8537cc3f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8e018cfbae2dff0a70d5352b41ed51ef7b92cb399444f920d753d359741b95b4"
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 1170 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-06-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state employee annual leave; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to state employee annual leave; 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/25-0035-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0035-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0035-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0035-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1170 — **61–29** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1170 — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1170 — **54–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Motschenbacher — primary (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Christy — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Gerhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Ty Dressler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 3 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 54 nays 40 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 36 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-02** Concurred
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 61 nays 29 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by President
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96040326-129f-4909-bad8-2ace8537cc3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).