---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-10-18.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to free tuition for dependents of disabled veterans or veterans killed in action."
description: "Relating to free tuition for dependents of disabled veterans or veterans killed in action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1196"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1196 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandy Pyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a1396ac-9d5c-4f9c-88c3-160645ffcc89"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "46ffc15d5d10ddad5a4a12dfdac456f922136985fdf90f14ca695b4943eb9f87"
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 1196 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-10-18.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to free tuition for dependents of disabled veterans or veterans killed in action.

Relating to free tuition for dependents of disabled veterans or veterans killed in action.

## 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/23-0226-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0226-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1196 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1196 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandy Pyle — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- David S. Rust — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Heilman — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-19** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2023-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Returned to House
- **2023-03-09** Signed by President
- **2023-03-09** 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/8a1396ac-9d5c-4f9c-88c3-160645ffcc89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).