---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the office of the adjutant general; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the office of the adjutant general; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1016"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1016 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f3a3e0c-412a-49bc-82e5-d780f6d578fa"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2856ef263d684cc02bc88dceb27650d206df577c5397c30352e6aaa96b817597"
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 1016 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the office of the adjutant general; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/25-0160-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0160-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0160-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0160-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1016 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1016 — **83–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1016 — **84–7** (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`
- **2025-01-15** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-31** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-02-07** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **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
- **2025-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 7, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Received from House
- **2025-02-20** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-04-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-09** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-17** Concurred
- **2025-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 6, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by President
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f3a3e0c-412a-49bc-82e5-d780f6d578fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).