---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of financial institutions; to provide an exemption; and to provide for a legislative management study."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of financial institutions; to provide an exemption; and to provide for a legislative management study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1008"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1008 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d5fc5e4-c1c1-488e-b358-431457e62efd"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "4550eaab5b89ed993f2127b9fdd9645c9cd6c435e8c5a42fad02be781ea0505e"
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 1008 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of financial institutions; to provide an exemption; and to provide for a legislative management study.

## 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/23-0237-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0237-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0237-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0237-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0237-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1008 — **87–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1008 — **85–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1008 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1008 — **46–1** (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`
- **2023-01-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 18 2 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Received from House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 04:15
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **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 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-07** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed Meier Pyle Monson
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed J. Roers Erbele Vedaa
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/04 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d5fc5e4-c1c1-488e-b358-431457e62efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).