republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/68/hb-1528.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-10-44, 54-46-02, 54-46-04, 54-46-05, and 54-46-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the retention of electronic mail for institutions under the control of the state board of higher education, final disposition of records, mandatory records retention policies for state agencies, and the administration of employee accounts upon employee departure from an agency; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the retention of electronic mail for institutions under the control of the state board of higher education, final disposition of records, mandatory records retention policies for state agencies, and the administration of employee accounts upon employee departure from an agency; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1528"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1528 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corey Mock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4303a3d-bf05-4b70-a8f4-11301e373a1d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b6c4397fbeca72e8da45a36959ac77004e180ccde4389f78ac086939535e4a1e"
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 1528 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-10-44, 54-46-02, 54-46-04, 54-46-05, and 54-46-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the retention of electronic mail for institutions under the control of the state board of higher education, final disposition of records, mandatory records retention policies for state agencies, and the administration of employee accounts upon employee departure from an agency; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the retention of electronic mail for institutions under the control of the state board of higher education, final disposition of records, mandatory records retention policies for state agencies, and the administration of employee accounts upon employee departure from an agency; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-1015-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1015-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1015-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1015-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments - CORRECTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1015-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1528 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corey Mock — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Davison — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Toman — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary Ista — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-14** Committee Hearing 04:26
- **2023-02-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from House
- **2023-02-20** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-12** Concurred
- **2023-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by President
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** 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/c4303a3d-bf05-4b70-a8f4-11301e373a1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).