---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a law enforcement grant program; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; and to provide an appropriation.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of law enforcement and correctional officer recruitment, retention, turnover, and training."
description: "Relating to a law enforcement grant program; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; and to provide an appropriation.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of law enforcement and correctional officer recruitment, retention, turnover, and training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1494"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1494 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed922f41-b392-409f-95a6-e45266e19f38"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1494.html"
source_hash: "7f6f1e337cc033046e40ec86e6176f68f571f13b9d8644928fe3829a5151d9f1"
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 1494 (67) — Relating to a law enforcement grant program; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; and to provide an appropriation.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of law enforcement and correctional officer recruitment, retention, turnover, and training.

## 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/21-0951-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0951-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0951-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Ista — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Vetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to House
- **2021-03-29** Signed by President
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-31** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05** Signed by Governor 04/01 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-06** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed922f41-b392-409f-95a6-e45266e19f38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).