---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 26.1-03-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the publication of an abstract of annual statement."
description: "Relating to the publication of an abstract of annual statement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1398"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1398 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Grueneich"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c308c399-5e66-417a-826f-12710923f382"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1752c510fdda8892ca04072a197205e9de5b4ec684a6d19edad5c743fcf764fc"
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 1398 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 26.1-03-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the publication of an abstract of annual statement.

Relating to the publication of an abstract of annual statement.

## 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/25-1087-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1087-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1398 — **86–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1398 — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Grueneich — primary (person)
- Chuck Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-26** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Returned to House
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-09** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c308c399-5e66-417a-826f-12710923f382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).