---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a property tax exemption for certain natural gas pipeline property; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to a property tax exemption for certain natural gas pipeline property; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1170"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1170 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig Headland"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2b77cc9-14d7-4e01-bd60-6936122bdc0f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9b22055471b65af17c6540ae99e54d3385273390ce04fcb30b5e4ab712879341"
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 1170 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a property tax exemption for certain natural gas pipeline property; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to a property tax exemption for certain natural gas pipeline property; 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/23-0357-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0357-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1170 — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1170 — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1170 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1170 — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Craig Headland — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — 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`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 03:20
- **2023-03-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-16** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-03** Conference committee appointed Hagert Motschenbacher Finley-DeVille
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Weber Magrum Piepkorn
- **2023-04-10** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by President
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2b77cc9-14d7-4e01-bd60-6936122bdc0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).