---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authority of the game and fish department employees to enforce laws."
description: "Relating to authority of the game and fish department employees to enforce laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1081 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd9de592-c337-40dd-b7e3-05d2e7c6e820"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1081.html"
source_hash: "0d0f31f7da0cf876ed75a0953e40f82a24de3c5ae3357f39667a203e3c462702"
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 1081 (67) — Relating to authority of the game and fish department employees to enforce laws.

## 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/21-0438-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0438-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0438-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Zubke — 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`
- **2021-01-15** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-02-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Rereferred to Energy and Natural Resources
- **2021-02-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 25 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to House
- **2021-03-24** Signed by President
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd9de592-c337-40dd-b7e3-05d2e7c6e820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).