---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-39.2-26.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the county aid distribution fund; to provide for application; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "Relating to the county aid distribution fund; to provide for application; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1359"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1359 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon O. Nelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82dfcdb1-a79b-4c66-a965-6420d275e3d4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d9fcac71fe935250f6a48294fa942c1ac22e305b10160febfb03886067931e39"
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 1359 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-39.2-26.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the county aid distribution fund; to provide for application; and to provide an expiration date.

Relating to the county aid distribution fund; to provide for application; and to provide an expiration 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/23-0862-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0862-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0862-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1359 — **86–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1359 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jon O. Nelson — primary (person)
- Jayme Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-01-25** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 11:29
- **2023-03-14** Reported back, do pass 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Returned to House
- **2023-03-27** Signed by President
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/30 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82dfcdb1-a79b-4c66-a965-6420d275e3d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).