---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-24.1-02.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the personal needs allowance amount for eligible beneficiaries; to provide for an increase in the personal monthly needs allowance; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to the personal needs allowance amount for eligible beneficiaries; to provide for an increase in the personal monthly needs allowance; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1485"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1485 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie McLeod"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a52ffc-e899-405f-8927-65b14067ccab"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3fe24ff426ac7077de74cc23cb23f9b180a4961cbf9f9076f693d0deead61663"
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 1485 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-24.1-02.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the personal needs allowance amount for eligible beneficiaries; to provide for an increase in the personal monthly needs allowance; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to the personal needs allowance amount for eligible beneficiaries; to provide for an increase in the personal monthly needs allowance; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/25-1018-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1018-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1018-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1018-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1018-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1485 — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1485 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1485 — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1485 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carrie McLeod — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Nico Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2025-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-10** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Received from House
- **2025-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-19** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-16** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-16** Conference committee appointed Beltz Dobervich Rios
- **2025-04-17** Conference committee appointed Cleary Magrum Mathern
- **2025-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by President
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a52ffc-e899-405f-8927-65b14067ccab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).