republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1378.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 49‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to light‑mitigating technology systems on wind energy conversion facilities."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 49‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to light‑mitigating technology systems on wind energy conversion facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1378"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1378 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY - SEE ALSO PUBLIC UTILITIES; WIND ENERGY", "PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION", "PUBLIC UTILITIES", "WIND", "WIND ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clemens", "Headland", "Johnston", "Kiefert", "Simons"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00a283ff-5bbe-40a6-9f93-1961c31235ce"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1378.html"
source_hash: "ee3ca5d07eb4218abef59553e6efd742f9b3b5f1260b2cc6cbf5c26ab513c1ed"
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 1378 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 49‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to light‑mitigating technology systems on wind energy conversion facilities.

## 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/65-2017/documents/17-0770-03000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-04005a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-04005m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-03001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-03001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-08000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-04000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-07000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-05000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Roers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-04002a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Roers (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0770-04002m.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 74 YEAS, 17 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **74–17** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 83 YEAS, 8 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **83–8** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 45 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clemens — primary (person)
- Headland — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Kiefert — primary (person)
- Simons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2017-02-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 17 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from House
- **2017-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2017-04-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Returned to House (12)
- **2017-04-05** Refused to concur
- **2017-04-05** Conference committee appointed Beadle Laning Dobervich
- **2017-04-07** Conference committee appointed Unruh Cook Roers
- **2017-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House accede) `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Conference committee report rejected
- **2017-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 8 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-20** Signed by President
- **2017-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Governor 04/24 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00a283ff-5bbe-40a6-9f93-1961c31235ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).