---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to payment of use tax by contractors; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to payment of use tax by contractors; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1309"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1309 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e5ddf1-1557-4f5f-858a-6064e9bb258d"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1309.html"
source_hash: "b363437bd31cd1794ace436f2f7a453523e9eadfb2b3533b21a86dd44cbd8d09"
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 1309 (67) — Relating to payment of use tax by contractors; 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/21-0750-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0750-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0750-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Delzer — cosponsor (person)
- Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Ertelt — cosponsor (person)
- Hatlestad — cosponsor (person)
- Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-01-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Returned to House
- **2021-04-06** Signed by President
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73e5ddf1-1557-4f5f-858a-6064e9bb258d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).