---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to state employee compensation levels."
description: "Relating to state employee compensation levels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1580"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1580 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Vetter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34db95c2-8560-40d1-a302-6f8c009d2253"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "aa0308d7248eda2454550efb563ca450e0c5d4440abfc653d4a803e2a9366a21"
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 1580 (69) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to state employee compensation levels.

Relating to state employee compensation levels.

## 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/25-1311-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1311-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1580 — **72–18** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1580 — **76–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1580 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Vetter — primary (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Johnston — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Nels Christianson — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-04-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-21** Concurred
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 15 `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/34db95c2-8560-40d1-a302-6f8c009d2253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).