---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 15.1-36-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to eligibility for school construction loans."
description: "Relating to eligibility for school construction loans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1161"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1161 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a738e56-290e-4efa-a2a8-569920c77e0b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8bd8f0111046810537b76d39f6ac6907d39dfa4112c6bd64b5d59d43d0f8def1"
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 1161 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 15.1-36-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to eligibility for school construction loans.

Relating to eligibility for school construction loans.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0450-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0450-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1161 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1161 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Elkin — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 01:30
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Returned to House
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a738e56-290e-4efa-a2a8-569920c77e0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).