---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of a charitable gaming operating fund; to amend and reenact section 53‑06.1‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to charitable gaming tax; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the creation of a charitable gaming operating fund; to amend and reenact section 53‑06.1‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to charitable gaming tax; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1212"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1212 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee82ed03-aae2-4dae-97a3-1ececdf550ff"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1212.html"
source_hash: "8416d14047091d99ce890b744744005d6fe2b9454b5bb723951a433aae98bdfb"
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 1212 (67) — Relating to the creation of a charitable gaming operating fund; to amend and reenact section 53‑06.1‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to charitable gaming tax; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for a transfer; 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/21-0479-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0479-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0479-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0479-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Mitskog — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Amendment adopted
- **2021-02-10** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-02-19** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 12 8 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Request return from committee
- **2021-03-04** Rereferred to Finance and Taxation
- **2021-03-15** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-03-16** Reported back, do pass 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-03-25** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-04-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 4 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment failed, placed on calendar `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 37 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Returned to House
- **2021-04-13** Signed by President
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-16** 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/ee82ed03-aae2-4dae-97a3-1ececdf550ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).