---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-60 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regional planning council grants from the department of commerce."
description: "Relating to regional planning council grants from the department of commerce."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1524"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1524 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Monson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d994fd04-9607-4ece-97a1-c5e5c9ff967f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9212a4d76d8eb8709d62a0be95c8de55fc41f47162cb9d4126b007789d9a2747"
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 1524 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-60 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regional planning council grants from the department of commerce.

Relating to regional planning council grants from the department of commerce.

## 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/25-1007-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1007-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1007-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1007-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1007-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1524 — **60–27** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1524 — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1524 — **70–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Monson — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Ostlie — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — 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 09:30
- **2025-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 10 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 60 nays 27 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Received from House
- **2025-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-24** Reported back, do pass 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-31** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-04-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-11** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 36 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-18** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-18** Conference committee appointed Monson Pyle Hagert
- **2025-04-21** Conference committee appointed Dwyer Sickler Wanzek
- **2025-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 70 nays 20 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Conference committee report adopted
- **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/d994fd04-9607-4ece-97a1-c5e5c9ff967f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).