republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/68/hb-1538.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 20.1-02 and a new section to chapter 20.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fishing contests, surcharge fees, and the fishing conservation fund; to amend and reenact subsection 20 of section 20.1-02-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the director of the game and fish department; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide an effective date.	Relating to fishing contests, surcharge fees, and the fishing conservation fund; to amend and reenact subsection 20 of section 20.1‑02‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the director of the game and fish department; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide an effective date.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	68	HB 1538	North Dakota HB 1538 (68)	bill		enacted	Todd Porter	7	38	3	2023-01-18	2023-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/83360c9a-81a4-4c9e-92a3-479ac8af2212	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json	7c4187204efb0cf608c6b3130a7584a91fcf6815f3741c420bc2a46e9469756f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1538 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 20.1-02 and a new section to chapter 20.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fishing contests, surcharge fees, and the fishing conservation fund; to amend and reenact subsection 20 of section 20.1-02-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the director of the game and fish department; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to fishing contests, surcharge fees, and the fishing conservation fund; to amend and reenact subsection 20 of section 20.1‑02‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the director of the game and fish department; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

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. FIRST ENGROSSMENT - NOT ADOPTED (committee substitute) — source
5. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments (committee substitute) — source
6. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments - NOT ADOPTED (committee substitute) — source
7. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1538 — 34–13 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1538 — 44–2 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1538 — 85–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Todd Porter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2023-02-03 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2023-02-10 Committee Hearing 10:55
• 2023-02-16 Committee Hearing 09:15
• 2023-02-16 Committee Hearing 03:55
• 2023-02-17 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 0 4 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-20 Laid over one legislative day
• 2023-02-21 Division of amendment
• 2023-02-21 Division A lost
• 2023-02-21 Division B adopted
• 2023-02-21 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2023-02-21 Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 2 passage, reading-2
• 2023-03-03 Received from House
• 2023-03-03 Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2023-03-16 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2023-03-30 Committee Hearing 10:07
• 2023-03-30 Committee Hearing 03:20
• 2023-03-31 Committee Hearing 10:30
• 2023-04-03 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 1 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-04 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2023-04-04 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 34 nays 13 passage, reading-2
• 2023-04-05 Returned to House (12)
• 2023-04-06 Refused to concur
• 2023-04-06 Conference committee appointed M. Ruby J. Olson Novak
• 2023-04-10 Conference committee appointed Kessel Boehm Patten
• 2023-04-19 Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee report rejected
• 2023-04-26 Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee report adopted
• 2023-04-26 Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 6 passage, reading-2
• 2023-04-26 Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2023-04-27 Conference committee report adopted
• 2023-04-27 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 2 passage, reading-2
• 2023-04-28 Signed by President
• 2023-04-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2023-04-28 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-18 Signed by Governor 05/05 executive-signature
• 2023-05-18 Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83360c9a-81a4-4c9e-92a3-479ac8af2212. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).