---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-07-03, 15.1-07-04, 21-03-04, 21-03-07, 21-03-11, and 21-03-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a school district debt limit election, the requirements of a municipal bond election, and the contents of a ballot."
description: "Relating to a school district debt limit election, the requirements of a municipal bond election, and the contents of a ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1482"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1482 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Wagner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9673d665-ce22-4735-a516-50f0e8a00645"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e49f86ca924f4c2dcdab0cb67c9fa578962b95d3bdf6b51eb7112e1ca3205d23"
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 1482 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-07-03, 15.1-07-04, 21-03-04, 21-03-07, 21-03-11, and 21-03-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a school district debt limit election, the requirements of a municipal bond election, and the contents of a ballot.

Relating to a school district debt limit election, the requirements of a municipal bond election, and the contents of a ballot.

## 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/25-0546-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0546-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1482 — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1482 — **88–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1482 — **88–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Wagner — primary (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Jorin Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-02-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-07** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-04-14** Committee Hearing 09:28
- **2025-04-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-16** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-21** Concurred
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 4 `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/9673d665-ce22-4735-a516-50f0e8a00645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).