---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-04-01.1, subsection 5 of section 61-04-05, and section 61-04-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to informational hearings for water permit applications."
description: "Relating to informational hearings for water permit applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1074"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1074 (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/c271b731-2f33-473e-9326-2cdef59566ab"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a107ffe1214a31aa86496c973739da5c970896e5c123095d4e6bf30a7ce9a75d"
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 1074 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-04-01.1, subsection 5 of section 61-04-05, and section 61-04-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to informational hearings for water permit applications.

Relating to informational hearings for water permit applications.

## 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/23-8116-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8116-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1074 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1074 — **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 10:00
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 01:20
- **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/c271b731-2f33-473e-9326-2cdef59566ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).