---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37‑18‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of records of veterans' and veterans' dependents."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37‑18‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of records of veterans' and veterans' dependents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1316"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1316 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "MILITARY", "NATIONAL GUARD - SEE ALSO MILITARY", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker", "Bekkedahl", "Ertelt", "Hoverson", "Johnston", "Luick", "Marschall", "Pyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a0b2973-4b9c-4ab8-b448-16ee2b53dbf7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1316.html"
source_hash: "cb58bc74a0ef543f21926f724a531514883f4bb8398e54105332604d7221a61e"
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 1316 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37‑18‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of records of veterans' and veterans' dependents.

## 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/19-0513-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0513-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- Ertelt — primary (person)
- Hoverson — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Luick — primary (person)
- Marschall — primary (person)
- Pyle — 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 09:00
- **2019-02-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `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 10:00
- **2019-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to House
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a0b2973-4b9c-4ab8-b448-16ee2b53dbf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).