---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-17.5-01, 54-17.5-02, 54-17.5-03, 54-17.5-04, and 54-17.5-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the appointments, operations, and powers of the lignite research council, the powers of the industrial commission, and public record exemptions."
description: "Relating to the appointments, operations, and powers of the lignite research council, the powers of the industrial commission, and public record exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1592"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1592 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna S. Novak"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64b88ce0-34d3-4cc5-bb00-a756ffccc068"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2d6ce76583cbdc01c026717bb5126b3f86fdaa8bd93540f1995cefd661f3feef"
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 1592 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-17.5-01, 54-17.5-02, 54-17.5-03, 54-17.5-04, and 54-17.5-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the appointments, operations, and powers of the lignite research council, the powers of the industrial commission, and public record exemptions.

Relating to the appointments, operations, and powers of the lignite research council, the powers of the industrial commission, and public record exemptions.

## 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/25-1292-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1292-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1592 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1592 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1592 — **88–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna S. Novak — primary (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-06** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 10 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-09** Concurred
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64b88ce0-34d3-4cc5-bb00-a756ffccc068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).