---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 38-08-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the jurisdiction of the industrial commission and reviewing the enhanced oil recovery potential status of a well."
description: "Relating to the jurisdiction of the industrial commission and reviewing the enhanced oil recovery potential status of a well."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1272"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1272 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy Olson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238563a6-77b8-4cc7-b3c3-22ab7996c89b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b1abbdea67d880cede6bb1e1a784a5ef37e8345250617dc0e3bdbfc14910b5a6"
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 1272 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 38-08-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the jurisdiction of the industrial commission and reviewing the enhanced oil recovery potential status of a well.

Relating to the jurisdiction of the industrial commission and reviewing the enhanced oil recovery potential status of a well.

## 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/23-0899-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0899-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1272 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1272 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy Olson — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelby Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Nico Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Dyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:17
- **2023-03-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to House
- **2023-03-23** Signed by President
- **2023-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/238563a6-77b8-4cc7-b3c3-22ab7996c89b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).