---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1‑47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to noxious weed certification; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1‑47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to noxious weed certification; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1149"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1149 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "COUNTIES - SEE ALSO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "WEEDS - SEE ALSO AGRICULTURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Johnson", "Dotzenrod", "Kempenich", "Monson", "Schaible", "Vigesaa", "Wanzek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/597db20b-7627-42c6-ae4a-05b794b25186"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1149.html"
source_hash: "cb276bcc20d7d3d5f9e78b06cbacc1af128e57a230c8b5a5dcf74f488844883f"
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 1149 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1‑47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to noxious weed certification; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/19-0317-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Agriculture Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0317-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Agriculture Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0317-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0317-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0317-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- Dotzenrod — primary (person)
- Kempenich — primary (person)
- Monson — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Vigesaa — primary (person)
- Wanzek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-01-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 9, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-23** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-02-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-04** Returned to House
- **2019-03-05** Signed by President
- **2019-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-13** Signed by Governor 03/12 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/597db20b-7627-42c6-ae4a-05b794b25186`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).