---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of the homestead tax credit."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of the homestead tax credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1487"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1487 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "PROPERTY TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "SENIOR CITIZENS - SEE ALSO RETIREMENT", "TAX COMMISSIONER", "TAXATION", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker", "Bekkedahl", "Bellew", "D. Ruby", "Headland", "Hogue", "J. Roers", "Kasper", "Kreun", "Lefor", "Myrdal", "Rohr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57979531-e5fa-429f-ac2a-7aba3c1bb2c2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1487.html"
source_hash: "77241b3759cedc885f0eb6384582a8d1c92ecb3ce8312414e81cb4146ddec537"
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 1487 (66) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of the homestead tax credit.

## 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/19-0503-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0503-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0503-03000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Headland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0503-02001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Headland (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0503-02001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- Bellew — primary (person)
- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Headland — primary (person)
- Hogue — primary (person)
- J. Roers — primary (person)
- Kasper — primary (person)
- Kreun — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)
- Rohr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-01-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-06** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-22** Returned to House
- **2019-03-25** Signed by President
- **2019-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-26** 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/57979531-e5fa-429f-ac2a-7aba3c1bb2c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).