---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner for a county fair resiliency grant program; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner for a county fair resiliency grant program; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1591"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1591 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitch Ostlie"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b41d1523-ff50-4d6c-ab73-98305d5b4841"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e0525055a967c2d26790fcee38d6e425f6c7ec0a2412700810f089d888b7fe88"
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 1591 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner for a county fair resiliency grant program; 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/25-1256-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1256-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1256-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1256-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1591 — **79–12** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1591 — **74–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1591 — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitch Ostlie — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — 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 02:00
- **2025-02-03** Reported back, do pass 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 6 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-17** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-24** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-04-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-07** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-15** Concurred
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 12, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by President
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/17 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b41d1523-ff50-4d6c-ab73-98305d5b4841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).