---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to designating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1542"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1542 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jared Hendrix"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c71e846-406d-4f4e-bbb4-d04906c2581e"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ba577515bbd4f845f50c32ffd0604f82836605b96e7e1fdd885c65f6bf9afd88"
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 1542 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to designating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records; 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/25-0951-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0951-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1542 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1542 — **87–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1542 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jared Hendrix — primary (person)
- Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Eric J. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Heilman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 2, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-04-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-11** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-11** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-17** Concurred
- **2025-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0, 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/2c71e846-406d-4f4e-bbb4-d04906c2581e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).