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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact subsection 16 to section 91601, section 91619, a new section to chapter 1019.1, and section 1032.1102 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 91602, 1006.117, 1019.101, and 1019.101.2, subsection 6 of section 1019.166, subsection 1 of section 1019.173.3, sections 1019.176.3 and 1019.181, subsections 1, 2, and 11 of section 1019.184, subsection 1 of section 1019.1110, subsection 2 of section 1019.1146, and subsection 2 of section 103528 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."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact subsection 16 to section 91601, section 91619, a new section to chapter 1019.1, and section 1032.1102 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 91602, 1006.117, 1019.101, and 1019.101.2, subsection 6 of section 1019.166, subsection 1 of section 1019.173.3, sections 1019.176.3 and 1019.181, subsections 1, 2, and 11 of section 1019.184, subsection 1 of section 1019.1110, subsection 2 of section 1019.1146, and subsection 2 of section 103528 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1045"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1045 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toman"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9fcb69e-5873-4dca-b41d-97ce8bc6b4e1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1045.html"
source_hash: "9c9ffd0952dacfc2b5503c08ea415b5b5e5985895fd90f939b7e86853c05cb4f"
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 1045 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact subsection 16 to section 91601, section 91619, a new section to chapter 1019.1, and section 1032.1102 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 91602, 1006.117, 1019.101, and 1019.101.2, subsection 6 of section 1019.166, subsection 1 of section 1019.173.3, sections 1019.176.3 and 1019.181, subsections 1, 2, and 11 of section 1019.184, subsection 1 of section 1019.1110, subsection 2 of section 1019.1146, and subsection 2 of section 103528 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](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-02003a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-02003m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-02001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-02001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-06000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-05000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-03000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Toman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-01001a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Toman (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-01001m.pdf)
12. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-02002a.pdf)
13. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0127-02002m.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9fcb69e-5873-4dca-b41d-97ce8bc6b4e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).