republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1015.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the various divisions under the supervision of the director of the office of management and budget; to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state auditor; to provide an appropriation to North Dakota state university; to provide an appropriation to Dickinson state university; to provide an appropriation to the department of human services; to provide for transfers; to identify grant funding; to create and enact a new subsection to the new section to chapter 40‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2166, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, relating to property tax incentives granted by a city; to amend and reenact sections 5‑02‑01.1 and 6‑09‑15.1, subsection 8 of section 15-10-38 as amended by section 2 of Senate Bill No. 2037, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, section 43‑26.1‑05.1 as created by section 2 of Senate Bill No. 2131, as approved by the sixty-fifth legislative assembly, subsection 7 of section 47‑02‑27.4 as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1228, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, and sections 54‑06‑04.3 and 57‑20‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code and subsection 3 of section 8 of House Bill No. 1024, section 21 of Senate Bill No. 2013, and section 23 of Senate Bill No. 2013, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, relating to alcohol special event permits, temporary loans to the general fund, the teacher loan forgiveness program, criminal history record checks, exclusions from the statutory rule against perpetuities, state agency publication fees, property tax increase reports, cost reimbursement land sales, an oil and gas valuation study, and effective dates; to repeal section 57‑20‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tax certifications; to suspend section 54‑35‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the tribal and state relations committee; to provide for the administration of the tobacco prevention and control trust fund; to provide exemptions; to provide statements of legislative intent; to provide for legislative management studies; to provide for a legislative management tribal taxation issues committee; to provide for a report to the legislative management; to provide for a budget section report; to provide an effective date; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the various divisions under the supervision of the director of the office of management and budget; to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state auditor; to provide an appropriation to North Dakota state university; to provide an appropriation to Dickinson state university; to provide an appropriation to the department of human services; to provide for transfers; to identify grant funding; to create and enact a new subsection to the new section to chapter 40‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2166, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, relating to property tax incentives granted by a city; to amend and reenact sections 5‑02‑01.1 and 6‑09‑15.1, subsection 8 of section 15-10-38 as amended by section 2 of Senate Bill No. 2037, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, section 43‑26.1‑05.1 as created by section 2 of Senate Bill No. 2131, as approved by the sixty-fifth legislative assembly, subsection 7 of section 47‑02‑27.4 as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1228, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, and sections 54‑06‑04.3 and 57‑20‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code and subsection 3 of section 8 of House Bill No. 1024, section 21 of Senate Bill No. 2013, and section 23 of Senate Bill No. 2013, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, relating to alcohol special event permits, temporary loans to the general fund, the teacher loan forgiveness program, criminal history record checks, exclusions from the statutory rule against perpetuities, state agency publication fees, property tax increase reports, cost reimbursement land sales, an oil and gas valuation study, and effective dates; to repeal section 57‑20‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tax certifications; to suspend section 54‑35‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the tribal and state relations committee; to provide for the administration of the tobacco prevention and control trust fund; to provide exemptions; to provide statements of legislative intent; to provide for legislative management studies; to provide for a legislative management tribal taxation issues committee; to provide for a report to the legislative management; to provide for a budget section report; to provide an effective date; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1015"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1015 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET", "STATE AGENCIES - SEE ALSO STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE AGENCIES - SEE ALSO STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1cce5ef-2490-408b-a880-7ff06e385814"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1015.html"
source_hash: "529286eef477899861d15de859a8330457891d3067d221d1e23044d433bd545d"
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 1015 (65) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the various divisions under the supervision of the director of the office of management and budget; to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state auditor; to provide an appropriation to North Dakota state university; to provide an appropriation to Dickinson state university; to provide an appropriation to the department of human services; to provide for transfers; to identify grant funding; to create and enact a new subsection to the new section to chapter 40‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2166, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, relating to property tax incentives granted by a city; to amend and reenact sections 5‑02‑01.1 and 6‑09‑15.1, subsection 8 of section 15-10-38 as amended by section 2 of Senate Bill No. 2037, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, section 43‑26.1‑05.1 as created by section 2 of Senate Bill No. 2131, as approved by the sixty-fifth legislative assembly, subsection 7 of section 47‑02‑27.4 as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1228, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, and sections 54‑06‑04.3 and 57‑20‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code and subsection 3 of section 8 of House Bill No. 1024, section 21 of Senate Bill No. 2013, and section 23 of Senate Bill No. 2013, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, relating to alcohol special event permits, temporary loans to the general fund, the teacher loan forgiveness program, criminal history record checks, exclusions from the statutory rule against perpetuities, state agency publication fees, property tax increase reports, cost reimbursement land sales, an oil and gas valuation study, and effective dates; to repeal section 57‑20‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tax certifications; to suspend section 54‑35‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the tribal and state relations committee; to provide for the administration of the tobacco prevention and control trust fund; to provide exemptions; to provide statements of legislative intent; to provide for legislative management studies; to provide for a legislative management tribal taxation issues committee; to provide for a report to the legislative management; to provide for a budget section report; to provide an effective date; to provide an expiration date; 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/65-2017/documents/17-0500-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03028a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03028m.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03039a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03039m.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Brandenburg** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-01005a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Brandenburg (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-01005m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03020a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03020m.pdf)
12. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Bekkedahl** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03023a.pdf)
13. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Bekkedahl (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03023m.pdf)
14. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Hogue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03027a.pdf)
15. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Hogue (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03027m.pdf)
16. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-03000.pdf)
17. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-06000.pdf)
18. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0500-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 43 YEAS, 3 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 54 YEAS, 37 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **54–37** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 45 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 79 YEAS, 9 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 6 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **79–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2017-01-19** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2017-01-25** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2017-02-03** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2017-02-10** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2017-02-13** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2017-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 3 3 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 54 nays 37 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Emergency clause failed
- **2017-02-23** Received from House
- **2017-02-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2017-03-20** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2017-04-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-24** Emergency clause carried
- **2017-04-26** Reconsidered
- **2017-04-26** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-26** Amendment adopted
- **2017-04-26** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-26** Amendment adopted
- **2017-04-26** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-26** Returned to House (12)
- **2017-04-26** Refused to concur
- **2017-04-26** Conference committee appointed Delzer Carlson Mock
- **2017-04-27** Conference committee appointed Holmberg Wardner Heckaman
- **2017-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 9, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-27** Emergency clause carried
- **2017-04-27** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor, but item veto 05/02 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1cce5ef-2490-408b-a880-7ff06e385814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).