---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-60-02, 57-60-02.1, 57-60-02.2, 57-60-14, and 57-61-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a partial exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to repeal section 57-60-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "Relating to a partial exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to repeal section 57‑60‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1279 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna S. Novak"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aee1c574-3857-49eb-837d-a88da7c6d549"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e1e3356a62213bcd4cc18ee3a7fb18106149cc50260ca511d5663acb41282dfd"
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 1279 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-60-02, 57-60-02.1, 57-60-02.2, 57-60-14, and 57-61-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a partial exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to repeal section 57-60-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

Relating to a partial exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to repeal section 57‑60‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration 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/25-0895-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0895-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — **68–21** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — **81–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna S. Novak — primary (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2025-02-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-07** Received from House
- **2025-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-04-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Amendment adopted
- **2025-04-02** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-04** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-04-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-22** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee appointed Headland Hagert Porter
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee appointed Bekkedahl Weber Powers
- **2025-05-01** Appoint Sen. Klein to replace Sen. Weber on conference committee
- **2025-05-02** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-02** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-05-02** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-02** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-05-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 21 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by President
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Signed by Governor 05/05 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/06 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aee1c574-3857-49eb-837d-a88da7c6d549`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).