---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requiring an excavator to call 911 upon damage to a facility that releases any flammable toxic or corrosive gas."
description: "Relating to requiring an excavator to call 911 upon damage to a facility that releases any flammable toxic or corrosive gas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1059"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1059 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349056dc-3c9e-4a50-bc89-c20e99f0d228"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1059.html"
source_hash: "736c284f582b3a11024a4be1473927652a908033c0055cc616f5132bcc7fb587"
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 1059 (67) — Relating to requiring an excavator to call 911 upon damage to a facility that releases any flammable toxic or corrosive gas.

## 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/21-8038-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8038-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8038-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8038-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Energy And Natural Resources — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-20** Received from House
- **2021-02-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-03-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-13** Concurred
- **2021-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Signed by President
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor 04/19 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/349056dc-3c9e-4a50-bc89-c20e99f0d228`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).