---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 57-38 and two new subdivisions to subsection 7 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an adoption tax credit and a tax credit for contributions to a maternity home, child-placing agency, or pregnancy help center; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to an adoption tax credit and a tax credit for contributions to a maternity home, child-placing agency, or pregnancy help center; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1176"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1176 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SuAnn Olson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7df951b-1d3d-4536-9dc7-d30b01524505"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1ae414f9ae398462918e555a0fd905e7e62a92a5b6534d6112673172bc6135ae"
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 1176 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 57-38 and two new subdivisions to subsection 7 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an adoption tax credit and a tax credit for contributions to a maternity home, child-placing agency, or pregnancy help center; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to an adoption tax credit and a tax credit for contributions to a maternity home, child-placing agency, or pregnancy help center; 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/23-0523-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0523-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1176 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1176 — **88–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1176 — **89–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SuAnn Olson — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 02:46
- **2023-02-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 5 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:57
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 03:31
- **2023-03-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-13** Division of bill
- **2023-03-13** Division A passed `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Division B passed `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-03** Conference committee appointed Steiner Fisher D. Anderson
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Magrum Patten Piepkorn
- **2023-04-07** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-19** Signed by President
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7df951b-1d3d-4536-9dc7-d30b01524505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).