The Political Subdivisions Committee voted to add a provision requiring a performance audit of the North Dakota Private Investigative and Security Board to Senate Bill 20-51 (filed as SB 2051 in committee discussion). Representative Moshenbacher said the amendment would allow the state auditor to perform an audit going back several years and examine the board's finances and operations in response to complaints from regulated licensees.

Representative Moshenbacher moved the amendment; Representative Bozent Olinsky seconded. The clerk recorded the amendment as passing 11-0 with 2 members absent. Committee members discussed whether fee-setting authority should move from the board to the legislature and whether an emergency clause or fee cap should be included; those changes were left for continued work and the assembled committee planned to resume consideration next Thursday. The committee agreed to set the performance-audit amendment aside while preparing further amendments.

Representative Moshenbacher said the amendment was intended to get "to the bottom of what the issue is" after concerns raised by regulated parties. Committee leadership indicated additional work will follow and that the amendment's passage sets the audit in motion.