---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 27‑20‑49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the payment of witness fees, mileage, and travel expenses in juvenile court."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 27‑20‑49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the payment of witness fees, mileage, and travel expenses in juvenile court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1070"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1070 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSION ON LEGAL COUNSEL FOR INDIGENTS", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "JUDICIAL BRANCH", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b070f64-1f07-415e-ace5-99a3e020c36c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1070.html"
source_hash: "7b4ec9f3dc4427432013917694b90195d56a3246f6d135a35e3471215efb6f49"
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 1070 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 27‑20‑49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the payment of witness fees, mileage, and travel expenses in juvenile court.

## 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/19-8012-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8012-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Committee Hearing 10:10
- **2019-01-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-14** Received from House
- **2019-01-28** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-28** Returned to House
- **2019-03-01** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Governor 03/06 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/06 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b070f64-1f07-415e-ace5-99a3e020c36c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).