republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1090.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 37-19.1-04, subsection 6 of section 44-04-18.4, subsection 8 of section 54-06-25, sections 54-06-26 and 54‑44.3‑01.2, subsection 2 of section 54-44.3-03, and sections 54-44.3-05 and 54-44.4-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bids and proposals received by public entities, notification of nonapplicability of veteran's preference, electronic ballot submission, long distance tolls, salary compensation comparison records, state personnel board vacancy filling procedures, secret ballot election rules, and reports of services."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 37-19.1-04, subsection 6 of section 44-04-18.4, subsection 8 of section 54-06-25, sections 54-06-26 and 54‑44.3‑01.2, subsection 2 of section 54-44.3-03, and sections 54-44.3-05 and 54-44.4-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bids and proposals received by public entities, notification of nonapplicability of veteran's preference, electronic ballot submission, long distance tolls, salary compensation comparison records, state personnel board vacancy filling procedures, secret ballot election rules, and reports of services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1090"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1090 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS", "HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES", "OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET", "OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET", "OFFICES AND OFFICERS - SEE ALSO STATE EMPLOYEES", "OPEN RECORDS", "OPEN RECORDS", "STATE EMPLOYEES - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "STATE EMPLOYEES - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "STATE EMPLOYEES - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "STATE EMPLOYEES - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES", "STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government and Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4939aefc-edda-4c19-a839-1bc376ddb22c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1090.html"
source_hash: "27580671b3dfb02f58c96205f8f748ede833710d3f6f31137d68bd2b313dac96"
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 1090 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 37-19.1-04, subsection 6 of section 44-04-18.4, subsection 8 of section 54-06-25, sections 54-06-26 and 54‑44.3‑01.2, subsection 2 of section 54-44.3-03, and sections 54-44.3-05 and 54-44.4-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bids and proposals received by public entities, notification of nonapplicability of veteran's preference, electronic ballot submission, long distance tolls, salary compensation comparison records, state personnel board vacancy filling procedures, secret ballot election rules, and reports of services.

## 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/65-2017/documents/17-8016-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8016-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8016-01001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Government and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8016-02001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8016-02001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8016-05000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8016-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8016-04000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8016-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 87 YEAS, 4 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **87–4** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 89 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Government and Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-01-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-01-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-02** Received from House
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-02-23** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Rereferred to Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2017-03-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Returned to House (12)
- **2017-04-05** Concurred
- **2017-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-07** Signed by President
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4939aefc-edda-4c19-a839-1bc376ddb22c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).