---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 37-07.1-05 and 37-07.2-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to higher education grants and tuition waivers for national guard members; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 37-07.1-05 and 37-07.2-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to higher education grants and tuition waivers for national guard members; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1046"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1046 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "HIGHER EDUCATION - SEE ALSO BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION", "NATIONAL GUARD - SEE ALSO MILITARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davison", "Dever", "Dockter", "Kasper", "M. Ruby", "Satrom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a945158a-d632-423b-9914-586137a62d02"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1046.html"
source_hash: "4632a72607213817d74ba95d8863c03ec5a353023eb5f50f291f715ffe6fce8b"
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 1046 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 37-07.1-05 and 37-07.2-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to higher education grants and tuition waivers for national guard members; 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](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0246-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0246-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0246-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0246-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0246-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Davison — primary (person)
- Dever — primary (person)
- Dockter — primary (person)
- Kasper — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-04** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-01-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-11** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-22** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to House
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a945158a-d632-423b-9914-586137a62d02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).