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HB 1110 North Dakota House · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-10.1-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to access to investigative and surveillance records and meetings of the public service commission.

HB 1110 proposes an amendment to section 49-10.1-14 of the North Dakota Century Code. This bill addresses regulations concerning public access to investigative and surveillance records. It also pertains to the accessibility of meetings conducted by the Public Service Commission.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

FIRST ENGROSSMENT → Enrollment · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill amends North Dakota Century Code section 49-10.1-14 to clarify that records and meeting portions related to ongoing railroad investigations and surveillance by federal agencies (National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Railroad Administration) are exempt from public disclosure. The change formalizes existing federal safety program protections under state law.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of exempt records to explicitly include ongoing railroad investigation and surveillance activities conducted by federal agencies, whereas the previous version only mentioned the National Transportation Safety Board.
EXEMPTIONS

Added explicit exemption for records and meeting portions related to ongoing railroad investigation and surveillance activities of the Federal Railroad Administration state safety participation program.

DEFINITION

Updated the statutory language to include both the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Railroad Administration state safety participation program as entities whose records are protected from public access.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2025 · House Apr 7, 2025

How they voted

45–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 47
Mar 25, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican42
40 Yea 1 Nay 1
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
12
Committee
5
Apr 21, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17
legislature
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor 04/15
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 14
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Concurred
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Hearing 09:00
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 8
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 5 1
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 02:57
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 01:50
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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