republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/66/hb-1045.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact subsection 16 to section 9‑16‑01, section 9‑16‑19, a new section to chapter 10‑19.1, and section 10‑32.1‑102 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic transaction definitions, blockchain technology and smart contracts, number of shareholders, and series limited liability companies; to amend and reenact sections 9‑16‑02, 10‑06.1‑17, 10‑19.1‑01, and 10‑19.1‑01.2, subsection 6 of section 10‑19.1‑66, subsection 1 of section 10‑19.1‑73.3, sections 10‑19.1‑76.3 and 10‑19.1‑81, subsections 1, 2, and 11 of section 10‑19.1‑84, subsection 1 of section 10‑19.1‑110, subsection 2 of section 10‑19.1‑146, and subsection 2 of section 10‑35‑28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic transactions, filing of an annual report by corporations engaged in farming or ranching, Business Corporation Act definitions, knowledge and notice, share certificates, corporate voting list and voting trusts, acceptance of shareholder act by the corporation, corporate records, corporate dissolution procedure, and the filing of an annual report by a publicly traded corporation; and to provide an effective date.	AN ACT to create and enact subsection 16 to section 9‑16‑01, section 9‑16‑19, a new section to chapter 10‑19.1, and section 10‑32.1‑102 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic transaction definitions, blockchain technology and smart contracts, number of shareholders, and series limited liability companies; to amend and reenact sections 9‑16‑02, 10‑06.1‑17, 10‑19.1‑01, and 10‑19.1‑01.2, subsection 6 of section 10‑19.1‑66, subsection 1 of section 10‑19.1‑73.3, sections 10‑19.1‑76.3 and 10‑19.1‑81, subsections 1, 2, and 11 of section 10‑19.1‑84, subsection 1 of section 10‑19.1‑110, subsection 2 of section 10‑19.1‑146, and subsection 2 of section 10‑35‑28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic transactions, filing of an annual report by corporations engaged in farming or ranching, Business Corporation Act definitions, knowledge and notice, share certificates, corporate voting list and voting trusts, acceptance of shareholder act by the corporation, corporate records, corporate dissolution procedure, and the filing of an annual report by a publicly traded corporation; and to provide an effective date.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	66	HB 1045	North Dakota HB 1045 (66)	bill	CONTRACTS CORPORATIONS SECRETARY OF STATE	enacted	Toman	13	30	0	2019-01-03	2019-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/f9fcb69e-5873-4dca-b41d-97ce8bc6b4e1	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1045.html	9c9ffd0952dacfc2b5503c08ea415b5b5e5985895fd90f939b7e86853c05cb4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1045 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact subsection 16 to section 9‑16‑01, section 9‑16‑19, a new section to chapter 10‑19.1, and section 10‑32.1‑102 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic transaction definitions, blockchain technology and smart contracts, number of shareholders, and series limited liability companies; to amend and reenact sections 9‑16‑02, 10‑06.1‑17, 10‑19.1‑01, and 10‑19.1‑01.2, subsection 6 of section 10‑19.1‑66, subsection 1 of section 10‑19.1‑73.3, sections 10‑19.1‑76.3 and 10‑19.1‑81, subsections 1, 2, and 11 of section 10‑19.1‑84, subsection 1 of section 10‑19.1‑110, subsection 2 of section 10‑19.1‑146, and subsection 2 of section 10‑35‑28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic transactions, filing of an annual report by corporations engaged in farming or ranching, Business Corporation Act definitions, knowledge and notice, share certificates, corporate voting list and voting trusts, acceptance of shareholder act by the corporation, corporate records, corporate dissolution procedure, and the filing of an annual report by a publicly traded corporation; and to provide an effective date.

Version chain

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

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Adopted by the Conference Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
4. Adopted by the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. Adopted by the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
7. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
8. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments (committee substitute) — source
9. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
10. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Toman (committee substitute) — source
11. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Toman (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
12. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee (committee substitute) — source
13. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Toman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-03 Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee introduction
• 2019-01-08 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2019-02-05 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 4 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-06 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2019-02-11 Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4 reading-2, passage
• 2019-02-12 Received from House
• 2019-02-18 Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee introduction
• 2019-03-06 Committee Hearing 02:30
• 2019-03-07 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-08 Amendment adopted
• 2019-03-08 Rereferred to Appropriations
• 2019-03-14 Committee Hearing 11:30
• 2019-03-15 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2019-03-19 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 4 reading-2, passage
• 2019-03-20 Returned to House (12)
• 2019-04-02 Refused to concur
• 2019-04-02 Conference committee appointed Laning Lefor M. Nelson
• 2019-04-04 Conference committee appointed Burckhard Vedaa Piepkorn
• 2019-04-11 Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2019-04-16 Conference committee report adopted
• 2019-04-16 Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 reading-2, passage
• 2019-04-16 Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2019-04-17 Conference committee report adopted
• 2019-04-17 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 3 reading-2, passage
• 2019-04-18 Signed by President
• 2019-04-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-04-19 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-24 Signed by Governor 04/24 executive-signature
• 2019-04-25 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f9fcb69e-5873-4dca-b41d-97ce8bc6b4e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).