---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 49-22-16 of the of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting; and to provide for retroactive application."
description: "Relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting; and to provide for retroactive application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1258"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1258 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Brandenburg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25883035-2cd3-4b54-9f6e-455ab8392fdd"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "88f448496913b1765e89c63eb86e3380eabf89fd5dbc25f1a6aa1c5d357a339b"
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 1258 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 49-22-16 of the of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting; and to provide for retroactive application.

Relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting; and to provide for retroactive application.

## 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/25-0777-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0777-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0777-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1258 — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1258 — **27–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Brandenburg — primary (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-21** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-04-03** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 4 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 27 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Returned to House
- **2025-04-09** Signed by President
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/15 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25883035-2cd3-4b54-9f6e-455ab8392fdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).