---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of commerce; to create and enact a new section to chapter 54‑60 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a beyond visual line of sight unmanned aircraft system program; to provide exemptions; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a transfer; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of commerce; to create and enact a new section to chapter 54‑60 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a beyond visual line of sight unmanned aircraft system program; to provide exemptions; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a transfer; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1018"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1018 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96d470c7-e690-4336-97b0-82e13a72b2e8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1018.html"
source_hash: "0942e6efe1207446a0e4d7feec6c4f8ed84039a399f6c41a1a1677abb27a2962"
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 1018 (66) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of commerce; to create and enact a new section to chapter 54‑60 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a beyond visual line of sight unmanned aircraft system program; to provide exemptions; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a transfer; to provide for a report; 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/66-2019/documents/19-0206-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-03000.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-02018a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-02018m.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Delzer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-01005a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Delzer (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-01005m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Holmberg** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-02017a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Holmberg (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0206-02017m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-01-22** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-01-22** Committee Hearing 01:30
- **2019-02-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 67 nays 26, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Received from House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-03-13** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-03-21** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-04-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-15** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-15** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-22** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee appointed Nathe Martinson Boe
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee appointed Holmberg Bekkedahl Robinson
- **2019-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 20, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96d470c7-e690-4336-97b0-82e13a72b2e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).