---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 37‑18.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the administrative committee on veterans' affairs."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 37‑18.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the administrative committee on veterans' affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1054"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1054 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bekkedahl", "M. Ruby", "Magrum", "McWilliams", "O. Larsen", "Paulson", "Sorvaag", "Vetter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a71b1e7-66b6-4223-95e7-d5ad7da39b00"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1054.html"
source_hash: "54d36bd0eb2d4cdc11d3b71dfcd89457f47d9bbb3a269ab4bda7e7edacd91e44"
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 1054 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 37‑18.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the administrative committee on veterans' affairs.

## 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/19-0417-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0417-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- Magrum — primary (person)
- McWilliams — primary (person)
- O. Larsen — primary (person)
- Paulson — primary (person)
- Sorvaag — primary (person)
- Vetter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-15** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned to House
- **2019-03-29** Signed by President
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Governor 04/04 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-08** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a71b1e7-66b6-4223-95e7-d5ad7da39b00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).