---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the commissioner of university and school lands; and to provide for distributions from permanent funds."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the commissioner of university and school lands; and to provide for distributions from permanent funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1013"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1013 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab2af027-4b37-4ac8-992b-d61bb7428bbf"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "dd31fb1c3ed3641e26b9efa72c744f01e3eb95aa0aa7954509c1f02039a87896"
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 1013 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the commissioner of university and school lands; and to provide for distributions from permanent funds.

## 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/23-0242-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0242-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0242-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0242-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0242-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1013 — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1013 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1013 — **89–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1013 — **42–5** (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`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 05:00
- **2023-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-17** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 03:50
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **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 42 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-07** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed Kempenich Bellew Mock
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed J. Roers Vedaa Wanzek
- **2023-04-19** Appoint Rep. Brandenburg to replace Rep. Bellew on conference committee
- **2023-04-20** 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 89 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** 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 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** 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/ab2af027-4b37-4ac8-992b-d61bb7428bbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).