---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-44.4-02 and 54-44.6-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to procurement exemptions and an exemption from forms management requirements for the North Dakota center for distance education."
description: "Relating to procurement exemptions and an exemption from forms management requirements for the North Dakota center for distance education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1269"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1269 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cynthia Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c0b437c-28f3-4487-91ce-bc91624d914a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "eb585c2863c7f4eaacc80fbe569ef9dcbbc9a1c5392da6f8e2af86e23dc9ad39"
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 1269 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-44.4-02 and 54-44.6-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to procurement exemptions and an exemption from forms management requirements for the North Dakota center for distance education.

Relating to procurement exemptions and an exemption from forms management requirements for the North Dakota center for distance education.

## 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/25-0966-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0966-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0966-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1269 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1269 — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2025-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Received from House
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Returned to House
- **2025-03-28** Signed by President
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c0b437c-28f3-4487-91ce-bc91624d914a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).