---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner to conduct an irrigation expansion study; and to provide for a report to the legislative management."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner to conduct an irrigation expansion study; and to provide for a report to the legislative management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1531"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1531 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cynthia Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfc1901a-4ab8-4e8b-aef5-51ce4e067e82"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8afbfc2b89bd84ceb281ccc947f782c2f129bb4f3b3ed384555a00414655f4c6"
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 1531 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner to conduct an irrigation expansion study; and to provide for a report to the legislative management.

## 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/25-1245-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1245-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1531 — **83–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1531 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1531 — **85–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Dwight Kiefert — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-02-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2025-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-25** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-31** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-17** Concurred
- **2025-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 9 `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/dfc1901a-4ab8-4e8b-aef5-51ce4e067e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).