---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to township excess levies for emergency purposes; and to amend and reenact section 57‑15‑20.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exceptions to tax levy limitations in townships; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to township excess levies for emergency purposes; and to amend and reenact section 57‑15‑20.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exceptions to tax levy limitations in townships; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1157 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1a24e63-2113-4216-9553-1de8640c7b44"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1157.html"
source_hash: "2bcb75c4e0ad458e5e905a3309e5694813d47e3f76732e62e01e5c4ebc565515"
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 1157 (67) — Relating to township excess levies for emergency purposes; and to amend and reenact section 57‑15‑20.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exceptions to tax levy limitations in townships; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/21-0484-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0484-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0484-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Pollert — cosponsor (person)
- Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-01-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Received from House
- **2021-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-03-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Returned to House
- **2021-03-16** Signed by President
- **2021-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1a24e63-2113-4216-9553-1de8640c7b44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).