---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57‑38 and a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of an income tax credit for purchases of manufacturing machinery and equipment to automate manufacturing processes; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57‑38 and a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of an income tax credit for purchases of manufacturing machinery and equipment to automate manufacturing processes; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1040"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1040 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCOME TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "MANUFACTURERS - SEE ALSO SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS", "TAX COMMISSIONER", "TAXATION", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Legislative Management"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b17fc7d6-dc02-404e-b89e-b54070277bd2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1040.html"
source_hash: "369917cccfeab1fd5c75409c92cdc10967d93ffb861c4cf2d348da2eda158c72"
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 1040 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57‑38 and a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of an income tax credit for purchases of manufacturing machinery and equipment to automate manufacturing processes; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-02002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-02002m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-01004a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-01004m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-05000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-04000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-03000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Cook** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-02001a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Cook (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0389-02001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Amendment adopted
- **2019-02-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 7 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 22 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Motion to reconsider laid on table
- **2019-02-20** Received from House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment adopted
- **2019-03-19** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed Grueneich Fisher Eidson
- **2019-04-05** Conference committee appointed Patten Kannianen Dotzenrod
- **2019-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 24 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-22** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by President
- **2019-04-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 04/25 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b17fc7d6-dc02-404e-b89e-b54070277bd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).