---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-35-02.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the employee benefits programs committee."
description: "Relating to duties of the employee benefits programs committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1539"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1539 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robin Weisz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cc18366-24ac-4a85-a441-3e22a9e88a53"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ab8d3e26a19a412dadb5737939365e3ac2d80fe0bd9239bd105ffe229c417bb6"
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 1539 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-35-02.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the employee benefits programs committee.

Relating to duties of the employee benefits programs committee.

## 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/23-1124-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1124-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1124-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1124-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1124-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1539 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1539 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1539 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1539 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robin Weisz — primary (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-04-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-04-12** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-04-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Received from House
- **2023-04-17** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-04-19** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-21** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee appointed Louser Warrey Boschee
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee appointed K. Roers Cleary Estenson
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, further amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, further amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/08 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cc18366-24ac-4a85-a441-3e22a9e88a53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).