---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide appropriations to the department of career and technical education and agriculture commissioner for uncrewed aircraft system, autonomous vehicle, or other autonomous technology grants; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide a report."
description: "AN ACT to provide appropriations to the department of career and technical education and agriculture commissioner for uncrewed aircraft system, autonomous vehicle, or other autonomous technology grants; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide a report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1519"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1519 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jared Hagert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5a07a60-5fb5-4b8c-8301-cfb031125dd6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6be367e0e18e38fc77bd1d3b08ca46863a888527a98080bb0454ae37f4e79524"
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 1519 (68) — AN ACT to provide appropriations to the department of career and technical education and agriculture commissioner for uncrewed aircraft system, autonomous vehicle, or other autonomous technology grants; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide a report.

## 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/23-0898-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0898-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0898-04000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0898-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0898-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1519 — **82–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1519 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1519 — **83–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1519 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jared Hagert — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-23** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 07:00
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 17 3 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-11** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed O'Brien Nathe Mitskog
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Conley Larsen Clemens
- **2023-04-17** Appoint Sen. Davison to replace Sen. Clemens on conference committee
- **2023-04-17** Appoint Sen. Kreun to replace Sen. Larsen on conference committee
- **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, yeas 82 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** 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/c5a07a60-5fb5-4b8c-8301-cfb031125dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).