---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 20.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to educational and community outreach programs established by the game and fish department."
description: "Relating to educational and community outreach programs established by the game and fish department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1174"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1174 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald W. Longmuir"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a41eb3c4-a5f8-4f46-937f-3bb9260b1de2"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "82ccd27d78dcf12380c0c8319969a3ecae7aabfad313d8ee290cf36ea7c38402"
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 1174 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 20.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to educational and community outreach programs established by the game and fish department.

Relating to educational and community outreach programs established by the game and fish department.

## 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/25-0879-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0879-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1174 — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1174 — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald W. Longmuir — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — 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
- **2025-02-06** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Returned to House
- **2025-03-25** Signed by President
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a41eb3c4-a5f8-4f46-937f-3bb9260b1de2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).