---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the definition, licensing, labeling, and inspection fees for specialty fertilizers."
description: "Relating to the definition, licensing, labeling, and inspection fees for specialty fertilizers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1197"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1197 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/064f72cd-c925-4d11-a5b5-fff0cae352ba"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1197.html"
source_hash: "b92bd636e635af48c0585e160e3316368189bd120cf56bda364cf0333ea1416c"
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 1197 (67) — Relating to the definition, licensing, labeling, and inspection fees for specialty fertilizers.

## 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/21-0688-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0688-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0688-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Westlind — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-22** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-01-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Rereferred to Agriculture
- **2021-01-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Received from House
- **2021-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2021-03-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Returned to House
- **2021-03-10** Signed by President
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/064f72cd-c925-4d11-a5b5-fff0cae352ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).