---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the judicial branch; to amend and reenact sections 27-02-02, 27-05-03, and 27-09.1-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salaries of justices of the supreme court, the salaries of district court judges, and compensation of jurors; to provide for transfers; to provide for a report; and to provide an exemption."
description: "Relating to the salaries of justices of the supreme court, the salaries of district court judges, and compensation of jurors; to provide for transfers; to provide for a report; and to provide an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1002"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1002 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3489822-bf58-43d0-9e94-a50b7203cdb9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "30f83d71d6152fdd5c5565cfed0ca6eee8710f082a14aa2cba5457b578052afa"
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 1002 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the judicial branch; to amend and reenact sections 27-02-02, 27-05-03, and 27-09.1-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salaries of justices of the supreme court, the salaries of district court judges, and compensation of jurors; to provide for transfers; to provide for a report; and to provide an exemption.

Relating to the salaries of justices of the supreme court, the salaries of district court judges, and compensation of jurors; to provide for transfers; to provide for a report; and to provide an exemption.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0231-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0231-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0231-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0231-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1002 — **69–21** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1002 — **84–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1002 — **41–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 6 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 69 nays 21 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Received from House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:33
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 41 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-07** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed Nathe Swiontek Hanson
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Dwyer J. Roers Vedaa
- **2023-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3489822-bf58-43d0-9e94-a50b7203cdb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).