---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of environmental quality; to amend and reenact sections 23.1-10-02 and 23.1-10-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the environmental quality restoration fund and revenue to the fund; and to provide for an exemption."
description: "Relating to the environmental quality restoration fund and revenue to the fund; and to provide for an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1024"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1024 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0414a1a1-ad09-4a0e-8cba-346f400b284e"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9bebeb9c4b74b08f58bbf475f90cd6ef317b45749dc188a71b60b03a865b542f"
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 1024 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of environmental quality; to amend and reenact sections 23.1-10-02 and 23.1-10-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the environmental quality restoration fund and revenue to the fund; and to provide for an exemption.

Relating to the environmental quality restoration fund and revenue to the fund; and to provide for 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/23-0253-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0253-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0253-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0253-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0253-04000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0253-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1024 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1024 — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1024 — **85–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1024 — **87–6** (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`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 06:00
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:05
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 09:50
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-10** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-10** Conference committee appointed Stemen Strinden Mitskog
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Davison Burckhard Mathern
- **2023-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19** Laid over one legislative day
- **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 85 nays 8 `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 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** 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/0414a1a1-ad09-4a0e-8cba-346f400b284e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).