---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the obligation to pay oil and gas royalties on leases owned and managed by the board of university and school lands."
description: "Relating to the obligation to pay oil and gas royalties on leases owned and managed by the board of university and school lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1080"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1080 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/210eefa7-ab93-4d53-8b9a-b2712c155c2e"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1080.html"
source_hash: "960016d00c4ec10bdf3e5d1fb33c642f41ec12ed2a06a5258a75a58a81dee474"
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 1080 (67) — Relating to the obligation to pay oil and gas royalties on leases owned and managed by the board of university and school lands.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0369-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0369-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0369-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0369-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dockter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2021-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Received from House
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-25** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-03-30** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2021-04-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 39 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-16** Concurred
- **2021-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by President
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/210eefa7-ab93-4d53-8b9a-b2712c155c2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).