---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-63.1-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the clean sustainable energy authority's fertilizer development incentive program; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the clean sustainable energy authority's fertilizer development incentive program; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1546"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1546 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-23"
last_action: "2023-10-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/008fce4e-7b7f-4761-8cbe-1b28a04dfe76"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3f107c2bf9c47338548dbf58f388c64cf6b74db3b70eed791b09b0b5fab6e481"
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 1546 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-63.1-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the clean sustainable energy authority's fertilizer development incentive program; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the clean sustainable energy authority's fertilizer development incentive program; to provide for retroactive application; 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/special/documents/23-1168-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/special/documents/23-1168-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1546 — **60–30** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1546 — **40–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Policy Committee `introduction`
- **2023-10-23** Committee Hearing 11:35
- **2023-10-24** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-10-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 60 nays 30 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-10-24** Received from House
- **2023-10-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Policy Committee `introduction`
- **2023-10-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-10-25** Returned to House
- **2023-10-25** Signed by President
- **2023-10-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-10-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** Signed by Governor 10/25 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 10/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/008fce4e-7b7f-4761-8cbe-1b28a04dfe76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).