---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to authorize the state board of higher education to convey the arts building at Dickinson state university; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to authorize the state board of higher education to convey the arts building at Dickinson state university; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1120"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1120 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER EDUCATION", "DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "HIGHER EDUCATION - SEE ALSO BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION", "UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elkin", "Lefor", "Schatz", "Steiner", "Wardner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3be3f7a-3d3d-44ce-b95f-f9ad24922b06"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1120.html"
source_hash: "b719e0b7fdebf6624fcee30498e6029362cf6e0ae4a07b48ffecada3ae8d8ad1"
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 1120 (66) — AN ACT to authorize the state board of higher education to convey the arts building at Dickinson state university; 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](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0690-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0690-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0690-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0690-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0690-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Elkin — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Schatz — primary (person)
- Steiner — primary (person)
- Wardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-01-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-18** Amendment adopted
- **2019-01-18** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 19 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-14** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-08** Returned to House
- **2019-03-11** Signed by President
- **2019-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3be3f7a-3d3d-44ce-b95f-f9ad24922b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).