---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40-63-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to completion of existing approved projects and reapplication for renaissance zone designation following expiration of renaissance zone designations."
description: "Relating to completion of existing approved projects and reapplication for renaissance zone designation following expiration of renaissance zone designations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1266"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1266 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Dockter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bfd0930-ce9e-4cd3-b629-92bfd3e60b5d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ea424555f9f067564ed42e567319233778e1225014a8302d695b53b53d003845"
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 1266 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40-63-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to completion of existing approved projects and reapplication for renaissance zone designation following expiration of renaissance zone designations.

Relating to completion of existing approved projects and reapplication for renaissance zone designation following expiration of renaissance zone designations.

## 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/23-0656-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0656-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0656-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1266 — **37–8** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1266 — **84–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Dockter — primary (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 11:43
- **2023-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 37 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17** Returned to House
- **2023-03-20** Signed by President
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bfd0930-ce9e-4cd3-b629-92bfd3e60b5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).