---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the protection and advocacy project."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the protection and advocacy project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1014"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1014 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7764aa8-3c35-4c8d-a8ce-6d964b7aa310"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "490dd2961451982da12168ffff45d0d1d94fb47eac7ed76b4e196ef3a5970320"
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 1014 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the protection and advocacy project.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0158-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0158-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0158-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1014 — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1014 — **80–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-22** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Received from House
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-03-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Returned to House
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7764aa8-3c35-4c8d-a8ce-6d964b7aa310`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).