---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school meal policies."
description: "Relating to school meal policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1494"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1494 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zachary Ista"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d1f288-5ac4-4c63-be24-92522b82cab9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "04fca20d5d2a2c2dc0a9aa7462f2656c2a25c56fababa822d27e82b5c8cb7a70"
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 1494 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school meal policies.

Relating to school meal policies.

## 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/23-0879-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0879-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0879-04000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0879-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1494 — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1494 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1494 — **89–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zachary Ista — primary (person)
- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Eric James Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- LaurieBeth Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Braunberger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 10:32
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Received from House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 11:20
- **2023-03-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-04** Concurred
- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15d1f288-5ac4-4c63-be24-92522b82cab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).