---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the attorney general for a law enforcement staffing grant program; and to provide for a legislative management study."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the attorney general for a law enforcement staffing grant program; and to provide for a legislative management study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1415"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1415 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dwight Kiefert"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0bbac29-4f0d-4dfb-a58c-cf7c7fadbd3b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ae086c8344d925fbf06f8ae5ecd0cb64052c9cd13698e4c217e6dbad1b8e6a7b"
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 1415 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the attorney general for a law enforcement staffing grant program; and to provide for a legislative management study.

## 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/23-0976-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0976-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0976-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0976-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0976-04000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0976-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1415 — **60–31** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1415 — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Committee Report on HB 1415 — **20–70** (fail) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1415 — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1415 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dwight Kiefert — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Ostlie — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:41
- **2023-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Amendment adopted
- **2023-02-02** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 04:17
- **2023-02-17** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 19 1 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 60 nays 31 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 11:40
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 01:15
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Vetter S. Olson Nelson
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed Wobbema Larson Piepkorn
- **2023-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Reconsidered
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report rejected
- **2023-04-19** Appoint Rep. B. Anderson to replace Rep. Nelson on conference committee
- **2023-04-20** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed Vetter S. Olson B. Anderson
- **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, yeas 88 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 32 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/04 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0bbac29-4f0d-4dfb-a58c-cf7c7fadbd3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).