---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 54-24-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state librarian."
description: "Relating to the powers and duties of the state librarian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1254"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1254 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric J. Murphy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d3f31e3-74cf-4cf0-b522-0087c035217e"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a3542412daf0cf9a2a5b09e96a910529464c9af0cd5fea8627d9788190749583"
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 1254 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 54-24-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state librarian.

Relating to the powers and duties of the state librarian.

## 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/25-1096-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1096-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1096-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1254 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1254 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric J. Murphy — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Rose Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary Ista — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-04-03** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2025-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `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/6d3f31e3-74cf-4cf0-b522-0087c035217e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).