---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the regulation of cell-cultured protein."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the regulation of cell-cultured protein."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1151"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1151 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Schatz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0bfbb65-55de-49a7-997c-85ab9bac8632"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "4d4f143cb0c41997b55c509fc362b21f5b35e194f950627469d50cc16c5e860b"
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 1151 (69) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the regulation of cell-cultured protein.

## 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/25-0487-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0487-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0487-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0487-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1151 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1151 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1151 — **84–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Schatz — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Dawson Holle — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery J. Magrum — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)
- Ty Dressler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Received from House
- **2025-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2025-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-03-31** Refused to concur
- **2025-03-31** Conference committee appointed K. Anderson Henderson S. Olson
- **2025-04-07** Conference committee appointed Lemm Myrdal Weston
- **2025-04-11** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **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/f0bfbb65-55de-49a7-997c-85ab9bac8632`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).