---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to authorize the department of transportation to transfer real property to the office of management and budget; to provide an appropriation; to authorize a line of credit; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to authorize the department of transportation to transfer real property to the office of management and budget; to provide an appropriation; to authorize a line of credit; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1487"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1487 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Ruby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cffd52d-d117-41a3-b435-4543d0a7d8a4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0ba116f0bbdf273d0ab3331b22c9558325b7371dd759227b56805da89c583cc9"
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 1487 (69) — AN ACT to authorize the department of transportation to transfer real property to the office of management and budget; to provide an appropriation; to authorize a line of credit; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/25-1172-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1172-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1172-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1172-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487 — **74–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487 — **69–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew Ruby — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-02-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 3 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-06** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 23 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 69 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Received from House
- **2025-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-03-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-07** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-08** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-17** Concurred
- **2025-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 17, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by President
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cffd52d-d117-41a3-b435-4543d0a7d8a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).