---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the highway patrol; to create and enact section 39-03-18.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a federal assets forfeiture fund; to provide an exemption; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide a report; and to provide for a transfer."
description: "Relating to a federal assets forfeiture fund; to provide an exemption; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide a report; and to provide for a transfer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1011"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1011 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b6511e1-b826-4dcb-a6c9-53e365b78968"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "28cd7e5830ce1ed8c77ce7f1bab5609916305eeb843eecbddf69a2a36a8757bb"
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 1011 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the highway patrol; to create and enact section 39-03-18.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a federal assets forfeiture fund; to provide an exemption; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide a report; and to provide for a transfer.

Relating to a federal assets forfeiture fund; to provide an exemption; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide a report; and to provide for a transfer.

## 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/23-0240-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0240-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0240-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0240-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0240-04000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0240-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1011 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1011 — **80–11** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1011 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1011 — **88–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from House
- **2023-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 08:45
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 11:55
- **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** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Amendment adopted
- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-06** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee appointed Brandenburg Mock Pyle
- **2023-04-10** Conference committee appointed Rust Meyer Krebsbach
- **2023-04-12** Appoint Sen. Sorvaag to replace Sen. Meyer on conference committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by President
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor 04/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-29** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b6511e1-b826-4dcb-a6c9-53e365b78968`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).