---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the game and fish department; and to provide an exemption."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the game and fish department; and to provide an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1017 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02cc82d5-f08b-4f78-88ea-ffaadfc2706a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0c9b5d63d7b4ed8b52b36f18ec89af714710f1214e51a7713d070551c3ccb289"
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 1017 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the game and fish department; and to provide an exemption.

## 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/25-0161-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0161-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0161-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0161-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1017 — **80–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1017 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1017 — **77–14** (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`
- **2025-01-17** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-01-22** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 0 4 `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`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-04-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-15** Concurred
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by President
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/22 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** 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/02cc82d5-f08b-4f78-88ea-ffaadfc2706a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).