---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-03-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the department of water resources authority to require operating plans for dams."
description: "Relating to the department of water resources authority to require operating plans for dams."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1073"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1073 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3e0346-3aa9-473a-a011-d3ceed5402cb"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9bfb28432ad4815988f34c2e87e5411c67689e921932f41f5c84ea2df47ea0a8"
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 1073 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-03-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the department of water resources authority to require operating plans for dams.

Relating to the department of water resources authority to require operating plans for dams.

## 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/23-8115-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8115-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1073 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1073 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Energy and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Returned to House
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** 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/3b3e0346-3aa9-473a-a011-d3ceed5402cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).