republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1257.md

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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 38‑08‑09.4 and sections 38‑08‑09.5 and 38‑08‑09.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval requirements for unitization plans.	AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 38‑08‑09.4 and sections 38‑08‑09.5 and 38‑08‑09.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval requirements for unitization plans.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	HB 1257	North Dakota HB 1257 (65)	bill	INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION MINERALS - SEE ALSO COAL; OIL AND GAS; MINERAL INTERESTS OIL AND GAS	enacted	Bekkedahl Campbell J. Nelson Kempenich Schneider Steiner Vetter Zubke	5	16	2	2017-01-09	2017-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/9461ea7b-f4e8-4dd9-b2ea-52408abe2fa7	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1257.html	5c69ddc7e88032d15bce1ffa2c159cb2dfb05ebdffef439d7f63f3546c0d32a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1257 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 38‑08‑09.4 and sections 38‑08‑09.5 and 38‑08‑09.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval requirements for unitization plans.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
3. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
4. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Keiser (committee substitute) — source
5. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Keiser (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 46–0 (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

Sponsors

• Bekkedahl — primary (person)
• Campbell — primary (person)
• J. Nelson — primary (person)
• Kempenich — primary (person)
• Schneider — primary (person)
• Steiner — primary (person)
• Vetter — primary (person)
• Zubke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2017-02-03 Committee Hearing 11:00
• 2017-02-10 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-13 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-02-20 Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-21 Received from House
• 2017-02-21 Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2017-03-10 Committee Hearing 10:15
• 2017-03-17 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-20 Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-21 Returned to House
• 2017-03-22 Signed by President
• 2017-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-22 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-24 Signed by Governor 03/24 executive-signature
• 2017-03-27 Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9461ea7b-f4e8-4dd9-b2ea-52408abe2fa7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).