---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 54-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the management of moneys in the state treasury and a cash management board; to provide a report; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "Relating to the management of moneys in the state treasury and a cash management board; to provide a report; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1278"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1278 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lefor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eea930d0-301b-4f3f-a6b7-e02d79a2d602"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e3d8856f38a09906c24d9dfc634dc76420df58e0d9a3b20c0bf25ec4f2c72d38"
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 1278 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 54-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the management of moneys in the state treasury and a cash management board; to provide a report; and to provide an expiration date.

Relating to the management of moneys in the state treasury and a cash management board; to provide a report; and to provide an expiration 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/25-0742-04000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0742-08000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0742-06000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0742-07000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1278 — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1278 — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1278 — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Lefor — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel R. Vollmer — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Received from House
- **2025-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2025-03-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-02** Concurred
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `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/eea930d0-301b-4f3f-a6b7-e02d79a2d602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).