---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an exemption from a prohibition against severing hunting rights from surface estates."
description: "Relating to an exemption from a prohibition against severing hunting rights from surface estates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1221"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1221 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/413ad95d-5517-4998-8891-be218dedbd0c"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1221.html"
source_hash: "328066112e68c24b958994d486e499853c2ccf2c23f5a2af0539c74968170e46"
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 1221 (67) — Relating to an exemption from a prohibition against severing hunting rights from surface estates.

## 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/21-0704-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0704-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Damschen — cosponsor (person)
- Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Porter — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2021-01-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 65 nays 26 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Received from House
- **2021-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2021-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to House
- **2021-03-24** Signed by President
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/413ad95d-5517-4998-8891-be218dedbd0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).