---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-38 and a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of an income tax credit for purchases of manufacturing and animal agricultural machinery and equipment to automate a manufacturing or animal agricultural process; to amend and reenact subdivision j of subsection 3 of section 54-35-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to evaluation of economic development tax incentives; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the provision of an income tax credit for purchases of manufacturing and animal agricultural machinery and equipment to automate a manufacturing or animal agricultural process; to amend and reenact subdivision j of subsection 3 of section 54‑35‑26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to evaluation of economic development tax incentives; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1168"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1168 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vicky Steiner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c96d60c-9fc1-408f-87ad-7cd9ecef50c7"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "374a4a91f73dbf4961326ad870a2afc5a79a4faf02e0cc2e11c598d3b1b36080"
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 1168 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-38 and a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of an income tax credit for purchases of manufacturing and animal agricultural machinery and equipment to automate a manufacturing or animal agricultural process; to amend and reenact subdivision j of subsection 3 of section 54-35-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to evaluation of economic development tax incentives; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the provision of an income tax credit for purchases of manufacturing and animal agricultural machinery and equipment to automate a manufacturing or animal agricultural process; to amend and reenact subdivision j of subsection 3 of section 54‑35‑26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to evaluation of economic development tax incentives; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/23-0487-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0487-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0487-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0487-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0487-05000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0487-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1168 — **82–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1168 — **83–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1168 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1168 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vicky Steiner — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Hatlestad — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:22
- **2023-01-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18** Amendment adopted
- **2023-01-18** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** Request return from committee
- **2023-02-20** Rereferred to Finance and Taxation
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:37
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:33
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 03:54
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 10:25
- **2023-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-22** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 03:54
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-04-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-13** Reconsidered
- **2023-04-17** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Hagert Dockter J. Olson
- **2023-04-19** Conference committee appointed Rummel Kannianen Magrum
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** 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/2c96d60c-9fc1-408f-87ad-7cd9ecef50c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).