---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the North Dakota racing commission."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the North Dakota racing commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1023"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1023 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS", "RACING COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac77bf4f-1321-42ad-8db8-cc2904f82ab7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1023.html"
source_hash: "7262f2d73618c2c25c6893044da1b6ad4504a415132961513ec5ab6e403cd0e7"
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 1023 (66) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the North Dakota racing commission.

## 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/19-0211-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0211-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0211-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0211-03000.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations - Government Operations Division Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0211-01001a.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations - Government Operations Division Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0211-01001m.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Oehlke** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0211-02003a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Oehlke (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0211-02003m.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`
- **2019-01-10** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-02-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 18 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 17 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-15** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-04-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 37 nays 9 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-15** Concurred
- **2019-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 17 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/22 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac77bf4f-1321-42ad-8db8-cc2904f82ab7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).