republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1390.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 61‑16‑08 and 61‑32‑03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water resource board members and subsurface water management system permits; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 61‑16‑08 and 61‑32‑03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water resource board members and subsurface water management system permits; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1390"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1390 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES - SEE ALSO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "STATE WATER COMMISSION", "STATE WATER COMMISSION", "WATER", "WATER DISTRICTS - SEE ALSO STATE WATER COMMISSION", "WATER DISTRICTS - SEE ALSO STATE WATER COMMISSION", "WATER RESOURCE DISTRICTS - SEE ALSO WATER", "WATER RESOURCE DISTRICTS - SEE ALSO WATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blum", "Brandenburg", "Headland", "Kading", "Meyer", "Rust", "Wanzek"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8cdb38e-d30f-410d-9c21-843c6317eee8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1390.html"
source_hash: "328c04436f023d38d96bd7e1aafe2f6792b8b519cd8e2fdec4c876a24b30ecde"
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 1390 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 61‑16‑08 and 61‑32‑03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water resource board members and subsurface water management system permits; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a penalty; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/17-0868-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0868-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0868-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0868-05000.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Headland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0868-02002a.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Headland (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0868-02002m.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Agriculture Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0868-03014a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Agriculture Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0868-03014m.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 42 YEAS, 5 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 77 YEAS, 15 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **77–15** (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 79 YEAS, 11 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **79–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blum — primary (person)
- Brandenburg — primary (person)
- Headland — primary (person)
- Kading — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Rust — primary (person)
- Wanzek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 11 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received from House
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-04-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Emergency clause carried
- **2017-04-04** Returned to House (12)
- **2017-04-10** Concurred
- **2017-04-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 15, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-12** Signed by President
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/13 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8cdb38e-d30f-410d-9c21-843c6317eee8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).