---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-20.2-07 and 15.1-09-33.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of center boards and the authority of a school board to pay a first-year signing bonus for teachers; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the powers and duties of center boards and the authority of a school board to pay a first-year signing bonus for teachers; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1498"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1498 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger A. Maki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e392aea-6976-4747-a075-561a51374fdf"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2eeda2ee2eea9d1ee630d98766550535c38584f8a9b51b2e336d91ede0f36b88"
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 1498 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-20.2-07 and 15.1-09-33.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of center boards and the authority of a school board to pay a first-year signing bonus for teachers; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the powers and duties of center boards and the authority of a school board to pay a first-year signing bonus for teachers; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/25-1191-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1191-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1191-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1191-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1498 — **85–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1498 — **89–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1498 — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roger A. Maki — primary (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-02-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-07** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-04-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-07** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-17** Concurred
- **2025-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 7, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by President
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e392aea-6976-4747-a075-561a51374fdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).