---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations."
description: "AN ACT to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1294"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1294 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robin Weisz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a4ad499-2593-4052-b3c3-1d4165be190d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1249f0903fe374747f0d8b088c91498efa5b90a40e28351267aafd36b1b2b6b4"
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 1294 (68) — AN ACT to provide an exemption; and to provide for the distribution of state financial assistance to eligible ambulance service operations.

## 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/23-0857-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0857-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0857-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0857-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1294 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1294 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1294 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robin Weisz — primary (person)
- Clayton Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-12** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-04** Concurred
- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** 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/3a4ad499-2593-4052-b3c3-1d4165be190d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).