---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to adjust state agency spending authority approved by the emergency commission and budget section; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide an appropriation; to provide an exemption; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to adjust state agency spending authority approved by the emergency commission and budget section; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide an appropriation; to provide an exemption; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1395"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1395 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8357f571-42e4-4a23-9970-433ed80218de"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1395.html"
source_hash: "76c4e27eef1bf31b0ff58d978f78209f7a1ec0c81fbdcd3aa66b5b7b4378b044"
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 1395 (67) — AN ACT to adjust state agency spending authority approved by the emergency commission and budget section; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide an appropriation; to provide an exemption; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/21-0762-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0762-04000.pdf)
3. **HOUSE BILL NO. 1395 with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0762-03000.pdf)
4. **HOUSE BILL NO. 1395 with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0762-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Delzer — cosponsor (person)
- Heckaman — cosponsor (person)
- Holmberg — cosponsor (person)
- Pollert — cosponsor (person)
- Wardner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2021-02-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 18 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-26** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-04-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-20** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-26** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-26** Conference committee appointed Delzer Pollert Boschee
- **2021-04-26** Conference committee appointed Bekkedahl Holmberg Heckaman
- **2021-04-29** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-29** Signed by President
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Governor 05/07 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8357f571-42e4-4a23-9970-433ed80218de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).