---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a state radar data pathfinder program; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a state radar data pathfinder program; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1038"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1038 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Nathe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afbbd8f1-fde1-4e10-81b2-12982b8aac84"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "5ea67110962c9f65ecfdea23ef1f4e12527e4e101e5a89a0dca833170ca040b4"
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 1038 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a state radar data pathfinder program; to provide for a report; 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/25-0329-05000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0329-08000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1038 — **89–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1038 — **15–29** (fail) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1038 — **84–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1038 — **40–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Nathe — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-10** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2025-01-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 23 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-15** Received from House
- **2025-01-24** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-04** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 8 5 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Division of bill
- **2025-02-14** Division A lost
- **2025-02-14** Division B passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-02-19** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-02-20** Concurred
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Signed by President
- **2025-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-02-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Governor 02/24 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-12** Filed with Secretary Of State 02/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afbbd8f1-fde1-4e10-81b2-12982b8aac84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).