---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 54‑10‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state auditor."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 54‑10‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state auditor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1077"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1077 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MINERAL INTERESTS", "MINERALS - SEE ALSO COAL; OIL AND GAS; MINERAL INTERESTS", "STATE AUDITOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Energy and Natural Resources"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a59f8588-0f0d-4257-af6b-f01fb28407d5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1077.html"
source_hash: "fb7eae923d8d961f2f70de9e89025d1e38683ca53e373bffd6e4ca2e8ceedffe"
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 1077 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 54‑10‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state auditor.

## 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/19-8032-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8032-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Energy and Natural Resources — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-11** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-07** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-21** Returned to House
- **2019-03-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a59f8588-0f0d-4257-af6b-f01fb28407d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).