republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1126.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 60‑02‑09, 60‑02‑17, 60‑02‑35, 60‑02‑38, 60‑02‑40, 60‑02.1‑08, 60‑02.1‑26, 60‑02.1‑28, 60‑02.1‑32, 60‑02.1‑35, 60‑02.1‑37, 60‑02.1‑38, 60‑04‑02, 60‑04‑04, 60‑04‑07, 60‑04‑09, 60‑04‑10, and 60‑10‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public warehouse and grain buyer licensing and insolvencies of public warehouses and grain buyers; to repeal sections 60‑02‑39 and 60‑02.1‑25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to warehouse closures; and to provide for a legislative management study."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 60‑02‑09, 60‑02‑17, 60‑02‑35, 60‑02‑38, 60‑02‑40, 60‑02.1‑08, 60‑02.1‑26, 60‑02.1‑28, 60‑02.1‑32, 60‑02.1‑35, 60‑02.1‑37, 60‑02.1‑38, 60‑04‑02, 60‑04‑04, 60‑04‑07, 60‑04‑09, 60‑04‑10, and 60‑10‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public warehouse and grain buyer licensing and insolvencies of public warehouses and grain buyers; to repeal sections 60‑02‑39 and 60‑02.1‑25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to warehouse closures; and to provide for a legislative management study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1126"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1126 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION", "SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS - SEE ALSO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Agriculture"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebe31620-ecab-4bb9-a145-d7d03eaec1ad"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1126.html"
source_hash: "46900d1ad2ad695180e75298ecda5ec498cf214885f40b805a15edbe718f53a0"
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 1126 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 60‑02‑09, 60‑02‑17, 60‑02‑35, 60‑02‑38, 60‑02‑40, 60‑02.1‑08, 60‑02.1‑26, 60‑02.1‑28, 60‑02.1‑32, 60‑02.1‑35, 60‑02.1‑37, 60‑02.1‑38, 60‑04‑02, 60‑04‑04, 60‑04‑07, 60‑04‑09, 60‑04‑10, and 60‑10‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public warehouse and grain buyer licensing and insolvencies of public warehouses and grain buyers; to repeal sections 60‑02‑39 and 60‑02.1‑25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to warehouse closures; and to provide for a legislative management study.

## 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/17-8083-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Agriculture Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8083-02002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Agriculture Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8083-02002m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8083-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8083-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8083-04000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Agriculture Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8083-01003a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Agriculture Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8083-01003m.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 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, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 92 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 89 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 5 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-02-06** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2017-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 0 4 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Amendment adopted
- **2017-02-08** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2017-02-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received from House
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned to House (12)
- **2017-04-05** Concurred
- **2017-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-07** Signed by President
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/13 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebe31620-ecab-4bb9-a145-d7d03eaec1ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).