republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/66/hb-1412.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 20.1‑01‑08 and 20.1‑05‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hunting predators at night with artificial light, digital night vision, thermal vision, or infrared light."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 20.1‑01‑08 and 20.1‑05‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hunting predators at night with artificial light, digital night vision, thermal vision, or infrared light."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1412"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1412 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH; LIVESTOCK", "ANIMALS - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH; LIVESTOCK", "GAME AND FISH", "GAME AND FISH", "GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT", "GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT", "HUNTING - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH", "HUNTING - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Johnson", "Fegley", "Laning", "Myrdal", "Osland", "Tveit", "Unruh"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfa13f54-dfdd-4925-8a48-8ba6b4b07261"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1412.html"
source_hash: "649f47ae9f033b9f3238bf5eb81d6ca5a7a5c8d58c0e34f0675c54bb30f108e3"
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 1412 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 20.1‑01‑08 and 20.1‑05‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hunting predators at night with artificial light, digital night vision, thermal vision, or infrared light.

## 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/19-1057-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-01001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-02003a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-02003m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-05000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-04000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-03000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Lefor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-02004a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Lefor (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1057-02004m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Johnson — primary (person)
- Fegley — primary (person)
- Laning — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)
- Osland — primary (person)
- Tveit — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-02-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-15** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-01** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-01** Conference committee appointed Lefor Marschall Eidson
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed Schaible J. Roers Piepkorn
- **2019-04-05** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-15** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-16** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-17** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfa13f54-dfdd-4925-8a48-8ba6b4b07261`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).