---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 27‑05.2‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fees in civil cases."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 27‑05.2‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fees in civil cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1516"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1516 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS", "FEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandenburg", "J. Lee", "K. Koppelman", "Klemin", "Longmuir", "M. Johnson", "Vedaa", "Vigesaa", "Wardner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1597a3d2-c1e1-48a0-a87c-4167bf735336"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1516.html"
source_hash: "039301036049e1e09e756606d0f670693d3bff405a23d65b18a434c7122040ed"
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 1516 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 27‑05.2‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fees in civil cases.

## 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/19-1100-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1100-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brandenburg — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Klemin — primary (person)
- Longmuir — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Vedaa — primary (person)
- Vigesaa — primary (person)
- Wardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-01-30** Reported back, do pass 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 17 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 78 nays 12 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-18** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-18** Reported back, do pass 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-19** Request return from committee
- **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/1597a3d2-c1e1-48a0-a87c-4167bf735336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).