---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of veterans' affairs for providing grants for the construction of the Fisher house."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of veterans' affairs for providing grants for the construction of the Fisher house."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1157 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Strinden"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d3f9b61-35f7-4298-8639-627d185f2777"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "540a65a847bb650a4c79e9e4605128c4e2be5e4bb5f77df8d9e3362f1422c53c"
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 1157 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of veterans' affairs for providing grants for the construction of the Fisher house.

## 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/23-0556-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0556-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1157 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1157 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1157 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Strinden — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Bert Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 09:25
- **2023-02-09** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-10** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-02-15** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 06:17
- **2023-02-16** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-16** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:50
- **2023-03-20** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 10:56
- **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)
- **2023-04-11** Concurred
- **2023-04-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by President
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/19 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d3f9b61-35f7-4298-8639-627d185f2777`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).