---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 61-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to smaller subsurface water management systems; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to smaller subsurface water management systems; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1239"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1239 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cynthia Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7619da6-7a5b-4882-adeb-88ba54260cce"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7ba7abd31cf60fd3b9114146ad709fe70a31ef8ab57e0fa9b2e4f1d9af5b5db5"
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 1239 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 61-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to smaller subsurface water management systems; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to smaller subsurface water management systems; to provide a penalty; 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/23-0445-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0445-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0445-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0445-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1239 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1239 — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)
- Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 10:22
- **2023-04-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-11** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Beltz Schreiber-Beck VanWinkle
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Weber Myrdal Lemm
- **2023-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate recede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate recede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor 04/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-29** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7619da6-7a5b-4882-adeb-88ba54260cce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).