---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑18‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to allowing individuals who do not have a teaching license to teach noncore subjects upon meeting certain criteria; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑18‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to allowing individuals who do not have a teaching license to teach noncore subjects upon meeting certain criteria; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1531"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1531 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Johnson", "Longmuir", "Pyle", "Rust", "Schaible", "Schreiber-Beck", "Zubke"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dfcf2f1-9f53-4be0-ac2b-dfa22f4d2dde"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1531.html"
source_hash: "ce30fff971460a5a426b149be0be0e9794a09c053bf77cfa590da7aefe593b80"
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 1531 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑18‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to allowing individuals who do not have a teaching license to teach noncore subjects upon meeting certain criteria; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an expiration date.

## 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/19-1055-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-01002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-01002m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-02003a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-02003m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-05000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-04000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-03000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Rust** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-02005a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Rust (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1055-02005m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- Longmuir — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Rust — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)
- Zubke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Committee Hearing 08:45
- **2019-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 7 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-18** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2019-03-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 28 nays 19 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-01** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-08** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-08** Conference committee appointed Owens Zubke Guggisberg
- **2019-04-10** Conference committee appointed Rust Schaible Oban
- **2019-04-17** Appoint Sen. Davison to replace Sen. Schaible on conference committee
- **2019-04-18** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 10 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-18** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-19** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 34 nays 13 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-23** Signed by President
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/25 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dfcf2f1-9f53-4be0-ac2b-dfa22f4d2dde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).