---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-39.2-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a sales tax exemption for fire departments; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to a sales tax exemption for fire departments; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1139"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1139 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandy L. Pyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6fce186-5c65-4e63-aa7d-acea4c797f41"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "49d5b006eda0e8883123b367dd9b16b312fe80372ccd8c633690666c9dd3a065"
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 1139 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-39.2-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a sales tax exemption for fire departments; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to a sales tax exemption for fire departments; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/25-0099-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0099-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1139 — **49–38** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1139 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandy L. Pyle — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-12** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 49 nays 38 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Received from House
- **2025-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-03-19** Refused to concur
- **2025-03-19** Conference committee appointed D. Anderson J. Olson Grueneich
- **2025-03-28** Conference committee appointed Weber Powers Walen
- **2025-04-07** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate reject) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-11** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate reject) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `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/b6fce186-5c65-4e63-aa7d-acea4c797f41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).