---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 10‑06.1‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to persons eligible for corporate farm ownership."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 10‑06.1‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to persons eligible for corporate farm ownership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1388"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1388 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH; LIVESTOCK", "CORPORATIONS", "LIVESTOCK - SEE ALSO ANIMALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Ruby", "Howe", "Jones", "McWilliams", "O. Larsen", "Osland", "Pyle", "Simons", "Skroch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04fc8ddf-e54e-4441-9f46-409b29509d74"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1388.html"
source_hash: "2c2570c0359ef12754a851c75a0f67df5ba3b8a4ac56ac9b57e2c42cc9328b03"
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 1388 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 10‑06.1‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to persons eligible for corporate farm ownership.

## 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/19-0764-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0764-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Howe — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- McWilliams — primary (person)
- O. Larsen — primary (person)
- Osland — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Simons — primary (person)
- Skroch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 62 nays 30 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Motion to reconsider laid on table
- **2019-02-20** Received from House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 35 nays 11 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to House
- **2019-04-12** Signed by President
- **2019-04-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/17 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04fc8ddf-e54e-4441-9f46-409b29509d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).