---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-20.2-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the appointment of additional community members to career and technology center boards."
description: "Relating to the appointment of additional community members to career and technology center boards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1178"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1178 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lefor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9eb86ec-516d-4e14-aa04-a9f194afd2e1"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2da6704278b59652c4154a20c92d93324a8d3457a481cfc9316057fb0697b160"
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 1178 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-20.2-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the appointment of additional community members to career and technology center boards.

Relating to the appointment of additional community members to career and technology center boards.

## 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/23-0085-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0085-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0085-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0085-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1178 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1178 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1178 — **90–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Lefor — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Hatlestad — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 11:08
- **2023-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-13** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9eb86ec-516d-4e14-aa04-a9f194afd2e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).