---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-52-02.15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to political subdivision participation in the public employees retirement system defined contribution retirement plan."
description: "Relating to political subdivision participation in the public employees retirement system defined contribution retirement plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1602"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1602 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Kasper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b4efaf7-a533-4c14-a440-ce02cb5df830"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a216c706ba73d343c52e4746b81f1cd9efebbe85b301a4d82508e006bb101018"
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 1602 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-52-02.15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to political subdivision participation in the public employees retirement system defined contribution retirement plan.

Relating to political subdivision participation in the public employees retirement system defined contribution retirement plan.

## 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/25-0655-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0655-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0655-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1602 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1602 — **72–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Kasper — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Jorin Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — 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 10:00
- **2025-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 2 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Received from House
- **2025-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Returned to House
- **2025-03-27** Signed by President
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b4efaf7-a533-4c14-a440-ce02cb5df830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).