---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-38-01.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the income tax credit for employment of individuals with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the income tax credit for employment of individuals with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1244 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig Headland"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74836d48-7615-4987-829c-a7ae77925a83"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7cab5caa6182368e9c25d51ffa53e6c7efed130c313bea77add2906ba5bac465"
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 1244 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-38-01.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the income tax credit for employment of individuals with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the income tax credit for employment of individuals with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness; 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/23-0828-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0828-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1244 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1244 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1244 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Craig Headland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-13** Rereferred to Finance and Taxation
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 03:51
- **2023-03-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-13** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74836d48-7615-4987-829c-a7ae77925a83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).