---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the governor's authority to issue executive orders during a declared disaster or emergency; to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 37‑17.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duration of a gubernatorial declaration of disaster or emergency relating to public health and extension requests; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the governor's authority to issue executive orders during a declared disaster or emergency; to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 37‑17.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duration of a gubernatorial declaration of disaster or emergency relating to public health and extension requests; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1118"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1118 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9065fcc7-bd70-40e3-8051-d93d52e58fe4"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1118.html"
source_hash: "db4eb72212c8e007a42ce9e239936cd7e3c08e24a68752590e21d80dba826e92"
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 1118 (67) — Relating to the governor's authority to issue executive orders during a declared disaster or emergency; to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 37‑17.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duration of a gubernatorial declaration of disaster or emergency relating to public health and extension requests; 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/21-0222-06000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0222-09000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0222-07000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0222-08000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Bellew — cosponsor (person)
- Delzer — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Heckaman — cosponsor (person)
- Pollert — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 6, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-30** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-04-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-12** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-12** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-16** Concurred
- **2021-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by President
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9065fcc7-bd70-40e3-8051-d93d52e58fe4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).