---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61‑16.1‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a permit to construct or modify a dam, dike, or other device."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61‑16.1‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a permit to construct or modify a dam, dike, or other device."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1087"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1087 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE ENGINEER - SEE ALSO WATER COMMISSION", "WATER - SEE ALSO STATE WATER COMMISSION", "WATER RESOURCE DISTRICTS - SEE ALSO WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Agriculture"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56ce1432-db1b-43a4-a34f-7ec0aac5831d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1087.html"
source_hash: "da4e6554faa468dbb877ee0b77312f82c198381a1c23f89b9c962eab0f33e3a6"
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 1087 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61‑16.1‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a permit to construct or modify a dam, dike, or other device.

## 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/19-8052-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8052-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-23** Received from House
- **2019-01-28** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-02-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-28** Returned to House
- **2019-03-01** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by Governor 03/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56ce1432-db1b-43a4-a34f-7ec0aac5831d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).