---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of state parks."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of state parks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1265"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1265 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "PARKS - SEE ALSO PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT", "PARKS AND RECREATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Becker", "Blum", "C. Johnson", "Dockter", "Headland", "J. Roers", "Kreun", "Louser", "Marschall", "Patten"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc479a3a-a845-4836-821b-bd40a90ea591"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1265.html"
source_hash: "ccc9bbcc2fc1bf215c45735b999d79598b9fe43f1445180f758e5f9b11b6bde8"
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 1265 (66) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of state parks.

## 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/19-0439-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0439-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0439-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0439-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0439-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beadle — primary (person)
- Becker — primary (person)
- Blum — primary (person)
- C. Johnson — primary (person)
- Dockter — primary (person)
- Headland — primary (person)
- J. Roers — primary (person)
- Kreun — primary (person)
- Louser — primary (person)
- Marschall — primary (person)
- Patten — 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`
- **2019-01-17** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-01-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 70 nays 21 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-24** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2019-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 6 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-18** Returned to House
- **2019-03-19** Signed by President
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc479a3a-a845-4836-821b-bd40a90ea591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).