---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of career and technical education for the statewide area and career center initiative grant program; to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit; to provide an exemption; to provide for a transfer; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of career and technical education for the statewide area and career center initiative grant program; to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit; to provide an exemption; to provide for a transfer; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1199"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1199 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lefor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/369fa0ec-b76c-4f67-9b57-d6c55d48bbfe"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6c4da713acfe7ae1962d410a31c8a5310d779348ac84dc0a20da8eab453dc43b"
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 1199 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of career and technical education for the statewide area and career center initiative grant program; to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit; to provide an exemption; to provide for a transfer; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-0809-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0809-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0809-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1199 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1199 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Lefor — primary (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-01-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Received from House
- **2023-01-23** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Returned to House
- **2023-02-01** Signed by President
- **2023-02-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-02-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-03** Signed by Governor 02/02 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 02/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/369fa0ec-b76c-4f67-9b57-d6c55d48bbfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).