---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to the impact of large energy consumers on the state's electrical grid."
description: "Relating to the impact of large energy consumers on the state's electrical grid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1579"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1579 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna S. Novak"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06e87b7d-36df-45ae-9b94-9a7963b223b6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0062133fbb2c5c82903429bbd098e4cec4799085074173635c23402a43c6a130"
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 1579 (69) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to the impact of large energy consumers on the state's electrical grid.

Relating to the impact of large energy consumers on the state's electrical grid.

## 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/25-1252-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1252-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1252-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1579 — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1579 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anna S. Novak — primary (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — 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`
- **2025-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-04-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18** Returned to House
- **2025-04-22** Signed by President
- **2025-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06e87b7d-36df-45ae-9b94-9a7963b223b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).