---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37‑17.1‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to response and recovery costs of disasters or emergencies."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37‑17.1‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to response and recovery costs of disasters or emergencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1203"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1203 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY COMMISSION", "GOVERNOR - SEE ALSO EXECUTIVE BRANCH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delzer", "Holmberg", "Pollert", "Wardner"]
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/7789572d-1bee-49b7-b42d-7061ef54e3ab"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1203.html"
source_hash: "d0a2bac4d7306b77f3f5d93a0b1638f41a7001adb8e9ba1cc6711a3ce9bbd1fe"
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 1203 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37‑17.1‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to response and recovery costs of disasters or emergencies.

## 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/19-0108-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0108-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Delzer — primary (person)
- Holmberg — primary (person)
- Pollert — primary (person)
- Wardner — 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`
- **2019-02-01** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-02-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-08** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **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/7789572d-1bee-49b7-b42d-7061ef54e3ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).