---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of job service North Dakota."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of job service North Dakota."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1016"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1016 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f71165ee-1126-4956-9f56-3f06664d0380"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1041fc9e45c426ff4e3aad3053085521648e685557c86d1ac6d3c6b3f67bf683"
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 1016 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of job service North Dakota.

## 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/23-0245-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0245-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0245-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0245-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1016 — **77–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1016 — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1016 — **79–13** (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`
- **2023-01-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 08:45
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 02:46
- **2023-03-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-05** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f71165ee-1126-4956-9f56-3f06664d0380`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).