republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/hb-1156.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ownership of accounting firms by qualified plans; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 10-31-04 and subsection 3 of section 43-02.2-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minority ownership of an accounting firm.	Relating to ownership of accounting firms by qualified plans; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 10-31-04 and subsection 3 of section 43‑02.2‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minority ownership of an accounting firm.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	HB 1156	North Dakota HB 1156 (69)	bill		enacted	Austen Schauer	2	15	2	2025-01-07	2025-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/9145516e-06bd-4ef3-9ac1-00bc0ae59588	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	e04a6377fb820263ac179135f390f4431fc951d93a04ae9df74cd1129c619c73	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1156 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ownership of accounting firms by qualified plans; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 10-31-04 and subsection 3 of section 43-02.2-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minority ownership of an accounting firm.

Relating to ownership of accounting firms by qualified plans; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 10-31-04 and subsection 3 of section 43‑02.2‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minority ownership of an accounting firm.

Version chain

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

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1156 — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1156 — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Austen Schauer — primary (person)
• Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
• Jorin Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Josh Christy — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
• Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
• Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
• SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee introduction
• 2025-01-22 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2025-01-22 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 3 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-01-23 Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2025-01-24 Received from House
• 2025-02-13 Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee introduction
• 2025-03-07 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2025-03-07 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-11 Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2025-03-12 Returned to House
• 2025-03-14 Signed by President
• 2025-03-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-03-20 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Signed by Governor 03/21 executive-signature
• 2025-03-25 Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9145516e-06bd-4ef3-9ac1-00bc0ae59588. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).