---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-40.6-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to assessed communication service fees."
description: "Relating to assessed communication service fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1096"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1096 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd Porter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d269a77c-f9f6-425f-9182-e539db65febd"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "22f11bd8b279078b0b0e95df4c7cb765c8803f391da931097b52b06c9eb0d389"
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 1096 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-40.6-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to assessed communication service fees.

Relating to assessed communication service fees.

## 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/25-0428-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0428-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0428-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1096 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1096 — **43–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Todd Porter — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Davison — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2025-01-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to House
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d269a77c-f9f6-425f-9182-e539db65febd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).