---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the education foundation aid funding formula and the treatment of federal impact aid funding."
description: "Relating to the education foundation aid funding formula and the treatment of federal impact aid funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1246 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20f5b123-acdd-4ba4-ab10-0d72e49eda72"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1246.html"
source_hash: "b44a48db5a581a32d877aa01758a9c9910486d9518d632d05a8835442882d7d4"
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 1246 (67) — Relating to the education foundation aid funding formula and the treatment of federal impact aid funding.

## 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/21-0470-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0470-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0470-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0470-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0470-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Bakke — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Amendment adopted
- **2021-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-02-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 2 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2021-03-24** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-03-31** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2021-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-06** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-12** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-12** Conference committee appointed Owens Sanford Marschall
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee appointed Schaible Wobbema Oban
- **2021-04-15** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-16** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by President
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/22 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20f5b123-acdd-4ba4-ab10-0d72e49eda72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).