---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act."
description: "Relating to the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1079 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/effa98f2-16ea-4183-8d97-88d8bbd01be4"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1079.html"
source_hash: "78e96d34042fda11e7e2e4554f9777ecd000b059c10f87fa9b7055d91b374377"
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 1079 (67) — Relating to the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.

## 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/21-0234-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0234-03000.pdf)
3. **HOUSE BILL NO. 1079 with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0234-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-19** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-01-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-22** Received from House
- **2021-02-02** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-16** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-03-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-03-30** Concurred
- **2021-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Signed by President
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/effa98f2-16ea-4183-8d97-88d8bbd01be4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).