---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-16.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of drainage projects."
description: "Relating to maintenance of drainage projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1280 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Brandenburg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d8e7ffc-dbe4-4882-9e62-61bac9b94963"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "757a57b670314ac494ed8acbcf00f063fe6e833cc8759dea98f714f3ecec2ded"
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 1280 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-16.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of drainage projects.

Relating to maintenance of drainage projects.

## 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/25-0847-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0847-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1280 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1280 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Brandenburg — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-01-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2025-04-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Returned to House
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d8e7ffc-dbe4-4882-9e62-61bac9b94963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).