republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/66/hb-1056.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 48‑05‑01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the display of the prisoner of war and missing in action flag on the state capitol grounds; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact section 48‑05‑01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the display of the prisoner of war and missing in action flag on the state capitol grounds; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1056"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1056 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bekkedahl", "Dever", "Dockter", "Heinert", "Keiser", "Klemin", "M. Ruby", "Marcellais", "Meier", "Pyle"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55e67c12-7f79-461e-8e08-ad0ff38ecbab"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1056.html"
source_hash: "75f82b43f73c8a6c1fa60e6457060c4bc868b360907c727bea53d073d52b232f"
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 1056 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact section 48‑05‑01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the display of the prisoner of war and missing in action flag on the state capitol grounds; 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/19-0420-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-03006a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-03006m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-02002a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-02002m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-06000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-03000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-05000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-04000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Meyer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-03001a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Meyer (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0420-03001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- Dever — primary (person)
- Dockter — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Keiser — primary (person)
- Klemin — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- Marcellais — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-04** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-01-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-16** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-03-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed B. Koppelman Louser Johnston
- **2019-04-05** Conference committee appointed Davison Meyer Marcellais
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-24** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-25** Signed by President
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 04/30 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55e67c12-7f79-461e-8e08-ad0ff38ecbab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).