---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the assessment of all public school buildings."
description: "Relating to the assessment of all public school buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1476"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1476 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna S. Novak"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79745047-6273-48b8-bb13-5c6b3ef66834"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "51e7ccbf6b61bed2775b786a6e0d9d6b1442161525df192311fa83caad158527"
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 1476 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the assessment of all public school buildings.

Relating to the assessment of all public school buildings.

## 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/25-1137-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1137-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1137-03000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1137-04000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1137-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1476 — **28–19** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1476 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1476 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna S. Novak — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 18 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-04-02** Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 3 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 28 nays 19 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-15** Concurred
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by President
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79745047-6273-48b8-bb13-5c6b3ef66834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).