---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the salary of the attorney general; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; and to provide for a report."
description: "Relating to the salary of the attorney general; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; and to provide for a report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1003 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84265ee0-4fb1-4c17-8208-40843921b460"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1003.html"
source_hash: "2e73dbd7e60997538757a8e4a564499b397da26f18ffcd14fd2d29b5395e6021"
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 1003 (67) — Relating to the salary of the attorney general; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; and to provide for a report.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0262-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0262-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0262-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0262-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0262-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-02-23** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-04-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-07** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-07** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-12** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-12** Conference committee appointed Kempenich Howe Mock
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee appointed Bekkedahl Holmberg Mathern
- **2021-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-23** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 5, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-27** Signed by President
- **2021-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84265ee0-4fb1-4c17-8208-40843921b460`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).