---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1‑03‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to gratis tags for hunting big game; and to provide for a legislative management study."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1‑03‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to gratis tags for hunting big game; and to provide for a legislative management study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1246 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH; LIVESTOCK", "DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "GAME AND FISH", "GAME AND FISH", "GAME AND FISH", "GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT", "GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT", "HUNTING - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH", "HUNTING - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH", "HUNTING - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH", "HUNTING - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "MILITARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Anderson", "Porter", "Schreiber-Beck", "Strinden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aad4b128-e7d9-4e7f-8a7f-f40dddb91d7c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1246.html"
source_hash: "e49ac7ef122a8b78661970463b5d750b33a85cb08bf5b4eccb203e4b353474fb"
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 1246 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1‑03‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to gratis tags for hunting big game; and to provide for a legislative management study.

## 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/19-0811-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0811-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0811-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0811-03000.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Anderson** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0811-01002a.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Anderson (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0811-01002m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Anderson — primary (person)
- Porter — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)
- Strinden — 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`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Received from House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-01** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-05** Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-08** Signed by President
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-12** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aad4b128-e7d9-4e7f-8a7f-f40dddb91d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).