---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-05-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to resource planning."
description: "Relating to resource planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1353"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1353 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernie Satrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b3eea22-cac2-4e60-bcdc-9727a409470c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "486ba337a6393efc2846781b6847dc09afcd8ebd5bcae6a99dd8040ef4a3e2b0"
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 1353 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-05-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to resource planning.

Relating to resource planning.

## 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/23-0574-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0574-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0574-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0574-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1353 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1353 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1353 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernie Satrom — primary (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — 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
- **2023-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 10:10
- **2023-03-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-08** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** 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`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b3eea22-cac2-4e60-bcdc-9727a409470c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).