---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 20.1‑11‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the disposition of property abandoned on certain public lands; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact section 20.1‑11‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the disposition of property abandoned on certain public lands; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1207"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1207 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "GAME AND FISH", "GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT", "STATE LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Ruby", "Grueneich", "Heinert", "M. Ruby", "O. Larsen", "Porter", "Schaible", "Vedaa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2649082c-8a06-4112-862b-9af158d086ca"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1207.html"
source_hash: "e1a48d65624f3164d3754305a23dbd2d3385168dfafc56a9e1562c55715efb75"
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 1207 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact section 20.1‑11‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the disposition of property abandoned on certain public lands; and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0677-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0677-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 84 YEAS, 4 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 6 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **84–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Grueneich — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- O. Larsen — primary (person)
- Porter — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Vedaa — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-19** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-01-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 4, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from House
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2017-03-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Returned to House
- **2017-03-07** Signed by President
- **2017-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/13 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2649082c-8a06-4112-862b-9af158d086ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).