---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the compact for a balanced budget."
description: "Relating to the compact for a balanced budget."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1429"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1429 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54329228-4796-47bb-a4e8-b80a1ec3871e"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1429.html"
source_hash: "1e61f01ee693b2581a25f7bc33cb5b14cffdaae57730277fa1443cf562006f5e"
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 1429 (67) — Relating to the compact for a balanced budget.

## 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/21-0853-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0853-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0853-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Damschen — cosponsor (person)
- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Monson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 19 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Received from House
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 37 nays 10 `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/54329228-4796-47bb-a4e8-b80a1ec3871e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).