---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-16.1-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the publication and distribution of water resource board meeting minutes."
description: "Relating to the publication and distribution of water resource board meeting minutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1391"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1391 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Schatz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/859f4849-0509-477f-b6a4-9a760245d53b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0d7eb5b690603c1ac8f0dc12bc3bd18170116155715b4df89b9a6a259f327ee6"
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 1391 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-16.1-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the publication and distribution of water resource board meeting minutes.

Relating to the publication and distribution of water resource board meeting minutes.

## 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/23-0779-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0779-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0779-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0779-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0779-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1391 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1391 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1391 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1391 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Schatz — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bellew — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-18** Rereferred to Energy and Natural Resources
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 10:39
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 09:08
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Hagert Conmy J. Olson
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Luick Hogan Weston
- **2023-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by President
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/859f4849-0509-477f-b6a4-9a760245d53b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).