---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of veterans' affairs; and to provide an exemption."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of veterans' affairs; and to provide an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1025"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1025 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fb80578-091c-4d68-ade1-9c4a24258031"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f978ad92c51dd799d184218fa0fe90fec50c31f526e147d3e4d7aaea9b394556"
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 1025 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of veterans' affairs; and to provide 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/23-0254-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0254-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0254-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0254-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1025 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1025 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1025 — **47–0** (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`
- **2023-01-12** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 07:00
- **2023-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 18 0 5 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-16** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-17** Request return from committee
- **2023-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 09:34
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 03:20
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 02:43
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 08:10
- **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 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-07** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed B. Anderson Kreidt Strinden
- **2023-04-10** Conference committee appointed Dever Burckhard Mathern
- **2023-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-28** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/08 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fb80578-091c-4d68-ade1-9c4a24258031`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).