republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/66/hb-1157.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43‑09‑01, 43‑09‑05, 43‑09‑09, 43‑09‑09.2, 43‑09‑10, 43‑09‑11, 43‑09‑12, 43‑09‑13.2, 43‑09‑15, 43‑09‑15.1, 43‑09‑16, 43‑09‑18, 43‑09‑20, 43‑09‑21, 43‑09‑22, and 43‑09‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulation by the state electrical board; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43‑09‑01, 43‑09‑05, 43‑09‑09, 43‑09‑09.2, 43‑09‑10, 43‑09‑11, 43‑09‑12, 43‑09‑13.2, 43‑09‑15, 43‑09‑15.1, 43‑09‑16, 43‑09‑18, 43‑09‑20, 43‑09‑21, 43‑09‑22, and 43‑09‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulation by the state electrical board; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1157 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRICIANS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "STATE ELECTRICAL BOARD - SEE ALSO ELECTRICIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Koppelman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4440953e-a99e-49cb-80ef-ff8339d51f6e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1157.html"
source_hash: "8309731e270f4d06523e3cffd2dcef2c975051f2986ab3182d6f3d9c56270182"
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 1157 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43‑09‑01, 43‑09‑05, 43‑09‑09, 43‑09‑09.2, 43‑09‑10, 43‑09‑11, 43‑09‑12, 43‑09‑13.2, 43‑09‑15, 43‑09‑15.1, 43‑09‑16, 43‑09‑18, 43‑09‑20, 43‑09‑21, 43‑09‑22, and 43‑09‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulation by the state electrical board; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/19-0606-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0606-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0606-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0606-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0606-03000.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Bosch** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0606-01001a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Bosch (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0606-01001m.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Koppelman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0606-02011a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Koppelman (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0606-02011m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Koppelman — 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`
- **2019-01-15** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-01-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 4 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 57 nays 34 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-04** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-27** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2019-03-28** Rereferred to Industry, Business and Labor
- **2019-04-02** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-04-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-08** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-08** Conference committee appointed Bosch Louser M. Nelson
- **2019-04-10** Conference committee appointed J. Roers Kreun Piepkorn
- **2019-04-22** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 7 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-23** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by President
- **2019-04-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4440953e-a99e-49cb-80ef-ff8339d51f6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).