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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school meal policies."
+description: "Relating to school meal policies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "68"
+identifier: "HB 1494"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1494 (68)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zachary Ista"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-18"
+last_action: "2023-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d1f288-5ac4-4c63-be24-92522b82cab9"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "04fca20d5d2a2c2dc0a9aa7462f2656c2a25c56fababa822d27e82b5c8cb7a70"
+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 1494 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school meal policies.
+
+Relating to school meal policies.
+
+## 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/23-0879-03000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0879-06000.pdf)
+3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0879-04000.pdf)
+4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0879-05000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1494 — **90–1** (pass) · lower
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1494 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1494 — **89–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zachary Ista — primary (person)
+- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
+- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
+- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric James Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
+- LaurieBeth Hager — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
+- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Braunberger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 03:00
+- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 10:32
+- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2023-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-14** Received from House
+- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 02:30
+- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 11:20
+- **2023-03-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2023-03-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-28** Returned to House (12)
+- **2023-04-04** Concurred
+- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
+- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
+- **2023-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-10** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15d1f288-5ac4-4c63-be24-92522b82cab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+