republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/hb-1279.md

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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-60-02, 57-60-02.1, 57-60-02.2, 57-60-14, and 57-61-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a partial exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to repeal section 57-60-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date.	Relating to a partial exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to repeal section 57‑60‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	HB 1279	North Dakota HB 1279 (69)	bill		enacted	Anna S. Novak	2	29	4	2025-01-13	2025-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/aee1c574-3857-49eb-837d-a88da7c6d549	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	e1e3356a62213bcd4cc18ee3a7fb18106149cc50260ca511d5663acb41282dfd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1279 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-60-02, 57-60-02.1, 57-60-02.2, 57-60-14, and 57-61-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a partial exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to repeal section 57-60-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

Relating to a partial exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to repeal section 57‑60‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration 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

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — 44–2 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — 68–21 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — 81–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anna S. Novak — primary (person)
• Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
• Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
• Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
• Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Berg — cosponsor (person)
• Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)
• Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee introduction
• 2025-02-03 Committee Hearing 09:15
• 2025-02-05 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-06 Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 12 passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-07 Received from House
• 2025-02-17 Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee introduction
• 2025-03-17 Committee Hearing 02:30
• 2025-04-01 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Amendment adopted
• 2025-04-02 Rereferred to Appropriations
• 2025-04-04 Committee Hearing 09:30
• 2025-04-18 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 1 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-21 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 2 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Returned to House (12)
• 2025-04-22 Refused to concur
• 2025-04-22 Conference committee appointed Headland Hagert Porter
• 2025-04-25 Conference committee appointed Bekkedahl Weber Powers
• 2025-05-01 Appoint Sen. Klein to replace Sen. Weber on conference committee
• 2025-05-02 Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2025-05-02 Conference committee report adopted
• 2025-05-02 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 2 passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-02 Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2025-05-02 Conference committee report adopted
• 2025-05-02 Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 21 passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-02 Signed by President
• 2025-05-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-05-02 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-17 Signed by Governor 05/05 executive-signature
• 2025-06-11 Filed with Secretary Of State 05/06 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aee1c574-3857-49eb-837d-a88da7c6d549. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).