---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 4.1-11-01, sections 4.1-11-08, 4.1-11-10, 4.1-11-11, 4.1-11-12, 4.1-11-13, 4.1-11-14, and 4.1-11-15, and subsection 1 of section 4.1-44-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the North Dakota soybean council and the North Dakota soybean fund; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the North Dakota soybean council and the North Dakota soybean fund; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1501"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1501 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Beltz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6da809c-e926-4e6b-a030-bf0d5db72338"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ece91ba722b49fa8a40db48a737f8ced8ce913eca0c196588db204bcd749e879"
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 1501 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 4.1-11-01, sections 4.1-11-08, 4.1-11-10, 4.1-11-11, 4.1-11-12, 4.1-11-13, 4.1-11-14, and 4.1-11-15, and subsection 1 of section 4.1-44-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the North Dakota soybean council and the North Dakota soybean fund; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the North Dakota soybean council and the North Dakota soybean fund; and to provide an effective 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/23-0865-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0865-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0865-04000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0865-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0865-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1501 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1501 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1501 — **55–36** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Committee Report on HB 1501 — **56–35** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1501 — **87–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Beltz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 11:45
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 11:25
- **2023-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Schreiber-Beck Beltz Headland
- **2023-04-05** Conference committee appointed Weber Lemm Myrdal
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee dissolved
- **2023-04-07** New conference committee appointed Weber Myrdal Lemm
- **2023-04-12** New conference committee appointed Schreiber-Beck Beltz Headland
- **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 55 nays 36 `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/d6da809c-e926-4e6b-a030-bf0d5db72338`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).