---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding natural gas infrastructure development."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding natural gas infrastructure development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1159"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1159 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/403bc368-f2a0-4051-b3bd-2a814f6272a5"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1159.html"
source_hash: "f7391f758477f0c1aebf44d429f5b412713a2c63d6203bfcc974703bf08eab45"
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 1159 (67) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding natural gas infrastructure development.

## 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/21-0511-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0511-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0511-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Received from House
- **2021-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Returned to House
- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
- **2021-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/403bc368-f2a0-4051-b3bd-2a814f6272a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).