---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study, relating to volunteer emergency responder recruitment and retention."
description: "Relating to volunteer emergency responder recruitment and retention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1311"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1311 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernie Satrom"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1becd80d-4a02-4d7a-8f6e-a9229300728f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b6a22c8c3578755bc1e6ea088139e8b319e752f8483f46a5600368c18ce687ae"
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 1311 (69) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study, relating to volunteer emergency responder recruitment and retention.

Relating to volunteer emergency responder recruitment and retention.

## 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/25-0193-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0193-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1311 — **85–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1311 — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernie Satrom — primary (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Ostlie — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-01-23** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Received from House
- **2025-02-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to House
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1becd80d-4a02-4d7a-8f6e-a9229300728f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).