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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 47-10.1-01 and 47-10.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exceptions to the acquisition of agricultural land by foreign governments."
+description: "Relating to exceptions to the acquisition of agricultural land by foreign governments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "68"
+identifier: "HB 1135"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1135 (68)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-03"
+last_action: "2023-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fbfa694-c86a-45ab-9ef2-14dfbe45a692"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "92492b83c1a3d6eb301b1ed4dd1bd9375b6ed372807bcf5abc656b890ca688da"
+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 1135 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 47-10.1-01 and 47-10.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exceptions to the acquisition of agricultural land by foreign governments.
+
+Relating to exceptions to the acquisition of agricultural land by foreign governments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0215-01000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0215-04000.pdf)
+3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0215-02000.pdf)
+4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0215-03000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1135 — **90–1** (pass) · lower
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1135 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1135 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
+- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
+- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 10:40
+- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 04:15
+- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 6 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2023-02-20** Division of amendment
+- **2023-02-20** Division B adopted
+- **2023-02-20** Division A adopted
+- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-21** Received from House
+- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 11:00
+- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 09:24
+- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:30
+- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:49
+- **2023-04-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-05** Returned to House (12)
+- **2023-04-11** Concurred
+- **2023-04-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-13** Signed by President
+- **2023-04-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2023-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/21 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fbfa694-c86a-45ab-9ef2-14dfbe45a692`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+