---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the information technology department; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 54-46-08 of the North Dakota Century Code as amended in section 5 of House Bill No. 1528, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, relating to final disposition of records; to provide a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to final disposition of records; to provide a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1021"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1021 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daa9f86f-d190-4c7d-b76b-342d514beb96"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "07fb189d9c71751a3b457ba59d9bb7f125b71675c923ff06f09bde12f24bf484"
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 1021 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the information technology department; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 54-46-08 of the North Dakota Century Code as amended in section 5 of House Bill No. 1528, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, relating to final disposition of records; to provide a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to final disposition of records; to provide a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a report; 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/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0250-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0250-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0250-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0250-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0250-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1021 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1021 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1021 — **76–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1021 — **70–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 70 nays 24 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 02:35
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:47
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:16
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2023-04-07** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-04-10** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-11** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-12** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee appointed Kempenich Meier Mock
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Davison Dever Burckhard
- **2023-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 17, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-29** Signed by President
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/05 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daa9f86f-d190-4c7d-b76b-342d514beb96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).