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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations."
+description: "AN ACT to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "69"
+identifier: "HB 1597"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1597 (69)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pat D. Heinert"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-20"
+last_action: "2025-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b645d7f9-f851-43db-8f40-4448987cbe49"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "7ab17a0cc69bb648d4d965d6a4c441f009401e54f96b0aadc5c5dae70912dc5b"
+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 1597 (69) — AN ACT to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1076-01000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1076-04000.pdf)
+3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1076-02000.pdf)
+4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1076-03000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1597 — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1597 — **83–6** (pass) · lower
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1597 — **85–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pat D. Heinert — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
+- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 02:30
+- **2025-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-25** Received from House
+- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
+- **2025-03-18** Committee Hearing 10:00
+- **2025-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2025-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-25** Returned to House (12)
+- **2025-04-07** Concurred
+- **2025-04-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09** Signed by President
+- **2025-04-14** Signed by Speaker
+- **2025-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/15 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b645d7f9-f851-43db-8f40-4448987cbe49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+