---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 15-10-18.2, subsection 2 of section 37-19.1-03, subdivision j of subsection 2 of section 39-04-18, subsection 1 of section 57-02-08.8, and subsection 1 of section 57-40.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to eligibility for certain veteran earned benefits; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to eligibility for certain veteran earned benefits; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1180"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1180 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandy L. Pyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2250bad-e8c4-4509-ac41-70a17e5f6584"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "72918e204aec079c982bae395830fe00afa018388d61979571e3892e5ddafea5"
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 1180 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 15-10-18.2, subsection 2 of section 37-19.1-03, subdivision j of subsection 2 of section 39-04-18, subsection 1 of section 57-02-08.8, and subsection 1 of section 57-40.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to eligibility for certain veteran earned benefits; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to eligibility for certain veteran earned benefits; 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/25-0447-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0447-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1180 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1180 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandy L. Pyle — primary (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel R. Vollmer — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Committee Hearing 02:49
- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Returned to House
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2250bad-e8c4-4509-ac41-70a17e5f6584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).