---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 54-52-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of correctional officer for purposes of the public employees retirement system."
description: "Relating to the definition of correctional officer for purposes of the public employees retirement system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1177"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1177 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd Porter"]
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/4c0e88c7-6442-436d-9f6b-7a283b08d813"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c8d98681b6e3fafe75f87cc4fb1d17e8662da5567aee392b8b85b8a844098bb3"
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 1177 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 54-52-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of correctional officer for purposes of the public employees retirement system.

Relating to the definition of correctional officer for purposes of the public employees retirement system.

## 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/25-0134-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0134-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1177 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1177 — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Todd Porter — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Toman — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2025-01-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `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/4c0e88c7-6442-436d-9f6b-7a283b08d813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).