---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the ability of a school district to temporarily transfer excess funds accruing as a result of the COVID‑19 pandemic between the general fund and the building fund of the school district; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the ability of a school district to temporarily transfer excess funds accruing as a result of the COVID‑19 pandemic between the general fund and the building fund of the school district; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1028"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1028 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4ac8f6c-5d2f-4b2e-a42b-19676d28fd67"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1028.html"
source_hash: "62d36ca99394d49acc847588368a9dc82310aeeddfe02c1594d074523882d669"
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 1028 (67) — Relating to the ability of a school district to temporarily transfer excess funds accruing as a result of the COVID‑19 pandemic between the general fund and the building fund of the school district; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/21-0116-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0116-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2021-01-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-18** Received from House
- **2021-02-02** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2021-03-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Returned to House
- **2021-03-23** Signed by President
- **2021-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4ac8f6c-5d2f-4b2e-a42b-19676d28fd67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).