---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the development and implementation of a skilled workforce student loan repayment program and a skilled workforce scholarship program; to provide continuing appropriations; to provide for transfers; to provide for reports to the legislative management; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the development and implementation of a skilled workforce student loan repayment program and a skilled workforce scholarship program; to provide continuing appropriations; to provide for transfers; to provide for reports to the legislative management; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1171"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1171 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA", "BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA", "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE", "STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE", "STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS", "STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS", "UNIVERSITY SYSTEM", "UNIVERSITY SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blum", "Cook", "Dockter", "Grueneich", "Headland", "Howe", "Mitskog", "Pollert", "Satrom", "Wanzek"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c98f70c6-905a-4bed-b8d9-76f755ad1578"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1171.html"
source_hash: "b99a1aba40bf4ca4e34d1e5fac9234a29468a6f69dd2ee1a45934d97224775b7"
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 1171 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the development and implementation of a skilled workforce student loan repayment program and a skilled workforce scholarship program; to provide continuing appropriations; to provide for transfers; to provide for reports to the legislative management; 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/19-0338-04000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0338-08000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0338-05000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0338-07000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0338-06000.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Bosch** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0338-04003a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Bosch (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0338-04003m.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0338-05001a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0338-05001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Blum — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Dockter — primary (person)
- Grueneich — primary (person)
- Headland — primary (person)
- Howe — primary (person)
- Mitskog — primary (person)
- Pollert — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)
- Wanzek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-02-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 10, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-12** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Amendment adopted
- **2019-03-21** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-27** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-03-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed Bosch D. Ruby P. Anderson
- **2019-04-05** Conference committee appointed Schaible Davison Oban
- **2019-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 70 nays 21, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-22** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-23** Signed by President
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/25 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c98f70c6-905a-4bed-b8d9-76f755ad1578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).