---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 49-23-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of excavation."
description: "Relating to the definition of excavation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1064"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1064 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/195dec38-7fc3-40dc-a5d9-9ecef2e80deb"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ff1e157eab86499e914823ddbed4a54d1b255c6417020e28eea4aa1aac136eed"
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 1064 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 49-23-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of excavation.

Relating to the definition of excavation.

## 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/23-8080-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8080-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1064 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1064 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Government and Veterans Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-01-12** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-01-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** Received from House
- **2023-02-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Returned to House
- **2023-03-09** Signed by President
- **2023-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/195dec38-7fc3-40dc-a5d9-9ecef2e80deb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).