---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for tribal tourism grants; and to provide for a legislative management report."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for tribal tourism grants; and to provide for a legislative management report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1581"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1581 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Finley-DeVille"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b72cf37-a153-4ab8-aba6-cb106ce9a610"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ab5417dfda6df0d4d06724075bdd0c7e24953bfafa8c804850292baf0e37ea80"
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 1581 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for tribal tourism grants; and to provide for a legislative management report.

## 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/25-1320-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1320-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1320-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1581 — **40–6** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1581 — **82–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa Finley-DeVille — primary (person)
- Chuck Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Collette Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Jayme Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary Ista — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 2 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-17** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 23 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 9 `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 10:30
- **2025-04-04** Reported back, do pass 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-08** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-04-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Returned to House
- **2025-04-17** Signed by President
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b72cf37-a153-4ab8-aba6-cb106ce9a610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).