---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 57-02-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a property tax exemption for property of churches; to provide for application; and to provide a retroactive effective date."
description: "Relating to a property tax exemption for property of churches; to provide for application; and to provide a retroactive effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1439"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1439 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Bellew"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea842fa7-95e9-4a9e-9d63-9542bcd14024"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "34f5ad7d482ab8820e65bda1d3fae9e8e1710301955de4240b5e0ad84329f69e"
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 1439 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 57-02-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a property tax exemption for property of churches; to provide for application; and to provide a retroactive effective date.

Relating to a property tax exemption for property of churches; to provide for application; and to provide a retroactive effective date.

## 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/23-0917-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0917-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0917-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0917-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1439 — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1439 — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Larry Bellew — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Toman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 03:02
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 11:32
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 6 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Amendment failed, placed on calendar `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-03** Reconsidered (failed amendment)
- **2023-02-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-03** Reconsidered (rules suspension)
- **2023-02-03** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-06** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 01:30
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 02:05
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 3 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-03** Conference committee appointed Dockter Grueneich D. Anderson
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Kannianen Weber Piepkorn
- **2023-04-10** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate recede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-13** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate recede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by President
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea842fa7-95e9-4a9e-9d63-9542bcd14024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).