---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 49-23-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the one-call excavation notice system."
description: "Relating to the one‑call excavation notice system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1153"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1153 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Dockter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47b0cdb4-8cf4-45ef-be26-a70e7ddb4697"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d26deb61093f32cdef407b63e5fb5aa6e729da8d3d2609731ba45ac9c40eebcf"
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 1153 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 49-23-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the one-call excavation notice system.

Relating to the one‑call excavation notice system.

## 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/25-0841-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0841-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1153 — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1153 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Dockter — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — 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
- **2025-01-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-22** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Returned to House
- **2025-03-14** 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/47b0cdb4-8cf4-45ef-be26-a70e7ddb4697`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).