---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23.1-07 and a new subsection to section 23.1-07-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a wastewater infrastructure grant program and the duties of the department of environmental quality; to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit; to provide an appropriation; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to a wastewater infrastructure grant program and the duties of the department of environmental quality; to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit; to provide an appropriation; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1577"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1577 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alisa Mitskog"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94d00013-ab83-4e4e-bcb7-5ef22bdfc9b2"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b131287f4e1ffd7a098aa8e46ffea8a79a4710aee7505d9dcdc67c1a1d3d4582"
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 1577 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23.1-07 and a new subsection to section 23.1-07-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a wastewater infrastructure grant program and the duties of the department of environmental quality; to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit; to provide an appropriation; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to a wastewater infrastructure grant program and the duties of the department of environmental quality; to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit; to provide an appropriation; to provide for a legislative management study; 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/25-1285-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1285-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1285-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1285-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1285-05000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1285-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1577 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1577 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1577 — **74–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1577 — **75–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alisa Mitskog — primary (person)
- Bob Martinson — cosponsor (person)
- Dwight Kiefert — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-04** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 18 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-04-03** Reported back, do pass 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-17** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-24** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee appointed Wagner B. Anderson Mitskog
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee appointed Magrum Klein Kessel
- **2025-04-29** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 16, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-05-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-05-01** 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/94d00013-ab83-4e4e-bcb7-5ef22bdfc9b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).