---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-03-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fees for game and fish licenses and permits."
description: "Relating to fees for game and fish licenses and permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1147"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1147 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Johnston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13019a61-f1b3-44f9-add3-eeb4691882ab"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "93b74aa7bd84c56dc28987ee87e608ddd39396397a018d700a48e9a54810a15d"
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 1147 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-03-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fees for game and fish licenses and permits.

Relating to fees for game and fish licenses and permits.

## 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/25-0705-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0705-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0705-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1147 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1147 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Johnston — primary (person)
- Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Nehring — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Returned to House
- **2025-03-18** Signed by President
- **2025-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13019a61-f1b3-44f9-add3-eeb4691882ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).