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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 38-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to critical minerals and rare earth minerals and royalties; to amend and reenact sections 38-12-01 and 47-10-24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of critical minerals and rare earth minerals and descriptions and definitions of minerals in leases and conveyances; and to provide for retroactive application.	Relating to critical minerals and rare earth minerals and royalties; to amend and reenact sections 38‑12‑01 and 47‑10‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of critical minerals and rare earth minerals and descriptions and definitions of minerals in leases and conveyances; and to provide for retroactive application.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	HB 1459	North Dakota HB 1459 (69)	bill		enacted	Dick Anderson	5	30	4	2025-01-16	2025-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6cbb5b86-2b05-4374-9872-fba866c20c18	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	44908c2698d68047f97571f66928e7064ed2e27cc8f7904f04ef7f2699b3b3e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1459 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 38-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to critical minerals and rare earth minerals and royalties; to amend and reenact sections 38-12-01 and 47-10-24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of critical minerals and rare earth minerals and descriptions and definitions of minerals in leases and conveyances; and to provide for retroactive application.

Relating to critical minerals and rare earth minerals and royalties; to amend and reenact sections 38‑12‑01 and 47‑10‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of critical minerals and rare earth minerals and descriptions and definitions of minerals in leases and conveyances; and to provide for retroactive application.

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 with Conference Committee Amendments (committee substitute) — source
5. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1459 — 85–2 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1459 — 63–26 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1459 — 27–19 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1459 — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dick Anderson — primary (person)
• Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
• Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
• Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
• David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
• Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Berg — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
• Richard Marcellais — cosponsor (person)
• Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2025-02-06 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2025-02-07 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 2 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-10 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-02-11 Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 2, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-12 Received from House
• 2025-02-13 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2025-03-27 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2025-04-03 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2025-04-18 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-21 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-04-21 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Returned to House (12)
• 2025-04-24 Refused to concur
• 2025-04-24 Conference committee appointed D. Anderson Dockter Porter
• 2025-04-25 Conference committee appointed Patten Kessel Boehm
• 2025-05-01 Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2025-05-01 Conference committee report rejected
• 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 63 nays 26, Emergency clause carried 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 as amended, yeas 27 nays 19 passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-02 Emergency clause failed
• 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/6cbb5b86-2b05-4374-9872-fba866c20c18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).