---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57‑39.2‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exempting the sale of commemorative memorial coins from sales tax; to amend and reenact section 37‑18‑12 and subsection 2 of section 37‑18‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to funding authority of the department of veterans' affairs and veteran commemorative coins; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for retroactive application."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57‑39.2‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exempting the sale of commemorative memorial coins from sales tax; to amend and reenact section 37‑18‑12 and subsection 2 of section 37‑18‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to funding authority of the department of veterans' affairs and veteran commemorative coins; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for retroactive application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1131"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1131 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "MILITARY", "MILITARY", "SALES TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "TAXATION", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dever", "Laning", "Marcellais", "Trottier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e4f83b1-c5a1-4e1d-aa15-3d7aa430d25e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1131.html"
source_hash: "33d0a73cc29c1e93952a53481e39eab1523167a1e5eac3aea99456fe335a06d8"
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 1131 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57‑39.2‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exempting the sale of commemorative memorial coins from sales tax; to amend and reenact section 37‑18‑12 and subsection 2 of section 37‑18‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to funding authority of the department of veterans' affairs and veteran commemorative coins; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for retroactive application.

## 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/19-0397-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0397-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dever — primary (person)
- Laning — primary (person)
- Marcellais — primary (person)
- Trottier — 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`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-02-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-15** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-15** Reported back, do pass 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-18** Request return from committee
- **2019-03-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `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/0e4f83b1-c5a1-4e1d-aa15-3d7aa430d25e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).