---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to optional income tax contributions to the veterans' postwar trust fund; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to optional income tax contributions to the veterans' postwar trust fund; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1248"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1248 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO APPROPRIATIONS", "MILITARY", "MILITARY", "TAX COMMISSIONER", "TAX COMMISSIONER", "TAXATION", "TAXATION", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dever", "Dockter", "Dotzenrod", "Eidson", "Hanson", "Trottier"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e6dd7e8-7ed5-4c77-950f-6ac812967d02"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1248.html"
source_hash: "b66bed9b9c8dcf682eb9f2ac62983a16aaf70544987be38689275c8e7fc92057"
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 1248 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to optional income tax contributions to the veterans' postwar trust fund; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/19-0341-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0341-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0341-02001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0341-03001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0341-03001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0341-06000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0341-03000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0341-05000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0341-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dever — primary (person)
- Dockter — primary (person)
- Dotzenrod — primary (person)
- Eidson — primary (person)
- Hanson — primary (person)
- Trottier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-02-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 9 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-12** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Rereferred to Finance and Taxation
- **2019-03-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-22** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-01** Concurred
- **2019-04-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e6dd7e8-7ed5-4c77-950f-6ac812967d02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).