---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 and a new section to chapter 58-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an open meeting exemption for a board of township supervisors when conducting an onsite inspection."
description: "Relating to an open meeting exemption for a board of township supervisors when conducting an onsite inspection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1374"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1374 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77d9b5c6-42dc-4c98-ae7b-e02165fe8fa2"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "83c3ee06b87100824eff3d5c8c1452c178adf7eae73b2fdea102b14b92e8b769"
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 1374 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 and a new section to chapter 58-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an open meeting exemption for a board of township supervisors when conducting an onsite inspection.

Relating to an open meeting exemption for a board of township supervisors when conducting an onsite inspection.

## 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/25-1032-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1032-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1032-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1032-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1374 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1374 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1374 — **88–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
- Clayton Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Received from House
- **2025-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2025-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-09** Concurred
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **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/77d9b5c6-42dc-4c98-ae7b-e02165fe8fa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).