---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a media room in the state capitol; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to a media room in the state capitol; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1039"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1039 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d4f4b46-a2ce-4687-8ffe-e23dd5a58117"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1039.html"
source_hash: "0fa559fb6a66a8fa64fe099c6fd02c21d7ee2d2ff8ffb3a2b90b12ceb56cf5f5"
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 1039 (67) — Relating to a media room in the state capitol; 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.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0192-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0192-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0192-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Received from House
- **2021-02-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-12** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** Returned to House
- **2021-03-08** Signed by President
- **2021-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-10** Signed by Governor 03/09 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d4f4b46-a2ce-4687-8ffe-e23dd5a58117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).