---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a commission for the commemoration of the two hundred fifty years since America's founding; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
description: "Relating to a commission for the commemoration of the two hundred fifty years since America's founding; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1285"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1285 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a675435d-8072-41da-a55e-4083102896be"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1285.html"
source_hash: "cceb355edd5bf20fb7cb9b18def7e149af1d582a2bc6da99008855b26f2d9f40"
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 1285 (67) — Relating to a commission for the commemoration of the two hundred fifty years since America's founding; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

## 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/21-0657-04000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0657-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0657-05000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0657-06000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Marcellais — cosponsor (person)
- Oban — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-22** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-02-01** Reported back, do pass 9 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 21 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Received from House
- **2021-02-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-03-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-23** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-04-01** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-04-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-14** Concurred
- **2021-04-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 19 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Signed by President
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor 04/19 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a675435d-8072-41da-a55e-4083102896be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).