---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 4.1‑16‑05, 4.1‑16‑09, and 4.1‑16‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to beekeeping."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 4.1‑16‑05, 4.1‑16‑09, and 4.1‑16‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to beekeeping."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1342 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "BEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boschee", "D. Johnson", "Luick", "Monson", "Oban", "Piepkorn", "Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b25fdd71-60e7-4783-92b0-e69450c1fc20"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1342.html"
source_hash: "d8b0049767e7a8bf2e07a0276d68536bcec07f1cd576a6e0f06a41f2665a7d70"
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 1342 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 4.1‑16‑05, 4.1‑16‑09, and 4.1‑16‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to beekeeping.

## 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/17-0820-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0820-02000.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 86 YEAS, 4 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **86–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boschee — primary (person)
- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- Luick — primary (person)
- Monson — primary (person)
- Oban — primary (person)
- Piepkorn — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-02-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from House
- **2017-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2017-03-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `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`
- **2017-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b25fdd71-60e7-4783-92b0-e69450c1fc20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).