---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the establishment of a government spending database."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the establishment of a government spending database."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1329"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1329 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily O'Brien"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b412aef-37ac-4978-8791-41df1f249964"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d124903470c06454c5b9cef83231d89014896a91d6bc9ce6aefcbd67039124dd"
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 1329 (69) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the establishment of a government spending database.

## 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/25-1112-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1112-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1112-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1112-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1329 — **81–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1329 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1329 — **83–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily O'Brien — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-04-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment adopted
- **2025-04-04** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-21** Concurred
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by President
- **2025-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b412aef-37ac-4978-8791-41df1f249964`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).