---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the impact of a property tax exemption for agricultural products storage."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the impact of a property tax exemption for agricultural products storage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1247"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1247 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Grueneich"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40c408e5-87ef-4311-9ed9-d7fa5fcc9aad"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "57807377e900b40131db55542dcfea7acfc94720ceafec2570a639db1c6844ab"
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 1247 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the impact of a property tax exemption for agricultural products storage.

## 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/23-0699-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0699-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0699-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1247 — **81–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1247 — **28–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Grueneich — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:54
- **2023-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:47
- **2023-03-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 28 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Returned to House
- **2023-03-14** Signed by President
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40c408e5-87ef-4311-9ed9-d7fa5fcc9aad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).