---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-04-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a limitation on the amount of water not applied to beneficial use."
description: "Relating to a limitation on the amount of water not applied to beneficial use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1201"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1201 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Brandenburg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee14dc6d-987a-44d0-807b-755d92e81dac"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f92109e5b714c579be6e9919d41841522d78191b51ec28780aa4500b182a73e4"
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 1201 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-04-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a limitation on the amount of water not applied to beneficial use.

Relating to a limitation on the amount of water not applied to beneficial use.

## 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/25-0862-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0862-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0862-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1201 — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1201 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Brandenburg — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Returned to House
- **2025-03-27** Signed by President
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee14dc6d-987a-44d0-807b-755d92e81dac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).