---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating Knife River flint as the official state rock."
description: "Relating to designating Knife River flint as the official state rock."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1186"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1186 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R. Vollmer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/334f7f49-0526-4891-aa04-ab71315aefb0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "4d5836205013c3efd844a95040e8978bccd4920493a6ed75f0eb3b69bee3e571"
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 1186 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating Knife River flint as the official state rock.

Relating to designating Knife River flint as the official state rock.

## 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/25-0812-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0812-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1186 — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1186 — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel R. Vollmer — primary (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to House
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/334f7f49-0526-4891-aa04-ab71315aefb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).