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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to academic tenure policy at institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to academic tenure policy at institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1437"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1437 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Motschenbacher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a49c99-161e-400c-898d-5db87fc59fa0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "354d9373bfec134b0e69cd48dd19d7e7e1d6b36dcdf5866664aab71cfb157668"
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 1437 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to academic tenure policy at institutions of higher education.
Relating to academic tenure policy at institutions of higher education.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0830-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0830-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0830-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0830-03000.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1437 — **837** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1437 — **2026** (fail) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1437 — **2819** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1437 — **845** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mike Motschenbacher — primary (person)
- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jorin Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-07** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 2 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Received from House
- **2025-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-24** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-03-25** Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 20 nays 26 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Reconsidered
- **2025-03-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 28 nays 19 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-07** Concurred
- **2025-04-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by President
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/15 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06a49c99-161e-400c-898d-5db87fc59fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).