---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑09‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bids for school district contracts."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑09‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bids for school district contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1454"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1454 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "SCHOOL BOARDS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dockter", "M. Ruby", "Pyle", "Schaible", "Schreiber-Beck", "Sorvaag"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32ba550a-555e-4ae4-b4de-eadddee328d6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1454.html"
source_hash: "7be245eb4e8123532510ba7d4df47794f24b316b1f0379d929515c10e63a8140"
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 1454 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑09‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bids for school district contracts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0954-03000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0954-03001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0954-03001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0954-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0954-04000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0954-05000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Davison** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0954-04001a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Davison (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0954-04001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dockter — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)
- Sorvaag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2019-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-07** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-01** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-01** Conference committee appointed Pyle Longmuir Guggisberg
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed Davison Fors Marcellais
- **2019-04-08** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-15** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-17** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32ba550a-555e-4ae4-b4de-eadddee328d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).