House Bill Introductions
HB 1067: This bill would exempt certain information from the Regional Transmission Organizations shared with the ND Public Service Commission from public records.
Status: Pre-filed bill by House Energy and Natural Resources. Hearing set 1/12/23. Committee reports Do Pass (13-0) 1/12/23. Passed House (91-0) 1/16/23. Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 3/3/23. Committee reports Do Pass (6-0) 3/6/23. Passed Senate (47-0) 3/7/23. Signed by Governor 3/15/23.
HB 1081: A bill to require an interim study of the taxing of electric vehicles as a replacement for the gas tax.
Status: Pre-filed bill; referred to House Transportation. Set for hearing 1/5/23. Committee recommends Do Pass (13-1) 1/6/23. Passed House (92-1) 1/9/23; referred to Senate Transportation Committee. Set for hearing 2/17/23. Committee reports Do Pass (5-0) 3/3/23. Passed Senate (45-0) 3/3/23. Returned to House. Signed by Governor 3/15/23.
HB 1097: A bill to streamline the process for adjusting transmission line routing and siting.
Status: Pre-filed bill by House Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 1/12/23. Committee reports Do Pass (12-0) 1/12/23. Passed House (91-0) 1/16/23. Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 3/3/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (6-0) 3/6/23. Re-referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources 3/7/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (6-0) 3/10/23. Passed Senate (47-0) 3/15/23. House concurs with Senate amendments (90-0) 4/3/23. Signed by Governor 4/11/23.
HB 1102: A bill to grant state agencies the authority to acquire and administer federal transportation-related grants.
Status: Pre-filed bill; referred to House Transportation. Set for hearing 1/6/23. Committee recommends Do Pass as amended (14-0) 1/13/23. Passed House (92-1) 1/17/23. Referred to Senate Transportation. Set for hearing 2/17/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (5-0) 3/3/23. Passed Senate (46-1); emergency clause carried 3/6/23. House refuses to concur with Senate amendments; conference committee appointed 4/3/23. Reported back from conference committee; placed on House calendar-House acceded to Senate amendments 4/10/23. Signed by Governor 4/24/23.
HB 1103: A bill to provide the state Department of Transportation matching funds related to the awarding of grants under the federal IIJA.
Status: Pre-filed bill; referred to House Transportation. Set for hearing 1/6/23. Committee recommends Do Pass as amended (14-0) 1/24/23. Re-referred to House Appropriations; set for hearing 2/1/23. Committee recommends Do NOT Pass (22-0) 2/1/23. Failed to Pass (0-92) 2/3/23.
HB 1124: A bill to prohibit local governments from banning natural gas use.
Status: Introduced 1/4/23. Referred to House Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 1/19/23. Committee recommends Do NOT Pass (12-0) 1/31/23. (See HB 1234). Failed to pass House (14-79) 2/1/23.
HB 1198: A bill to require persons making an open record request to provide their name and contact information.
Status: Introduced 1/9/23; referred to House Government and Veterans Affairs. Set for hearing 1/26/23. Committee recommends Do NOT Pass (11-2) 2/3/22. Failed to pass House (7-86) 2/8/23.
HB 1230: A bill to fine persons willfully submitting a petition for initiated measure known to have invalid signatures. Amended by Senate to subject persons/organizations to penalties if there are one or more fraudulent signatures; penalty may not be more than $3,000.
Status: Introduced 1/10/23; referred to House Judiciary. Set for hearing 1/16/23. Committee recommends Do NOT Pass (7-5) 2/13/23. Passed House as amended (61-30) 2/14/23. Referred to Senate State and Local Government. Set for hearing 3/17/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (6-0) 4/7/23. Passed Senate as amended (39-6) 4/10/23; returned to the House. House concurred with Senate amendment and re-passed bill (53-38) 4/11/23. Signed by the Governor 4/18/23.
HB 1234: A bill to prohibit cities from connecting or reconnecting utility services due to the type of fuel source.
Status: Introduced 1/10/23; referred to House Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 1/20/23. Committee recommends Do Pass (12-0) 1/31/23. Passed House (93-0) 2/1/23. Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources. Referred to Senate Industry and Business. Set for hearing 3/8/23. Committee reports Do Pass (5-0) 3/8/23. Passed Senate (43-3) 3/9/23. Signed by Governor 3/17/23.
HB 1248: A bill providing for an interim study of property tax restructuring.
Status: Introduced 1/10/23; referred to House Finance and Taxation. Set for hearing 1/16/23. Committee reports Do Pass (10-2) 1/23/23. Passed House (93-0) 1/24/23; referred to Senate Finance and Taxation. Set for hearing 3/1/23. Hearing re-set for 3/6/23. Committee reports Do NOT Pass (4-2) 3/9/23. Failed to Pass (14-32) 3/10/23.
HB 1310: A bill regulating EV charging stations at condominiums.
Status: Introduced 1/11/23; referred to House Industry, Business and Labor. Referred to House Industry, Business and Labor; set for hearing 1/24/23. Set for hearing 1/24/23. Committee recommends Do Pass as amended (11-0) 2/1/23. Passed House (85-8) 2/6/23. Referred to Senate Transportation. Set for hearing 3/10/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (5-0) 3/24/23. Passed Senate as amended (43-3) 3/30/23. House refused to concur with Senate amendments; conference committee appointed 4/6/23. Reported back from conference committee; placed on floor calendar 4/19/23. House accedes to Senate and adopts conference committee report (81-11) 4/24/23. Senate adopts conference report 4/24/23. Signed by Governor 4/27/23.
HB 1315: A bill to add an evaluation of reliability and affordability before the granting of routing/siting permits.
Status: Introduced 1/11/23; referred to House Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 2/2/23. Committee reported Do Pass as amended (11-1) 2/17/23. Passed House (90-4) 2/21/23. Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources; set for hearing 3/10/23. Re-set for hearing 3/23/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (6-0) 4/3/23. Committee amendment failed; placed on calendar; passed Senate (39-8) 4/4/23. Signed by Governor 4/11/23.
HB 1324: A bill setting forth the secretary of state procedure for determining valid signatures on a ballot petition.
Status: Introduced 1/11/23; referred to House Government and Veterans Affairs. Set for hearing 1/27/23. Committee recommends Do Pass (10-2) 2/3/22. Passed House (92-1); referred to Senate Government and Veterans Affairs. Referred to Senate State and Local Government. Set for hearing 3/17/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (6-0) 3/27/23. Passed Senate as amended (43-3) 3/30/23. House refuses to concur with Senate amendments; conference committee appointed 4/3/23. Reported back from conference committee, amended 4/10/23. Conference committee report 4/10/23. House adopts conference report (87-3) 4/12/23. Senate adopts conference report (46-0) 4/17/23. Signed by Governor 4/24/23.
HB 1353: A bill to fund an interim study on the impacts of an electromagnetic pulse on the state’s electric grid.
Status: Introduced 1/11/23; referred to House Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 1/27/23. Committee recommends Do Pass as amended (13-0) 1/30/23. Passed House (92-0) 1/31/23. Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 3/3/23. Committee reports do Pass as amended (6-0) 3/6/23. Passed Senate (47-0) 3/8/23. Passed House (90-0) 4/3/23. Signed by Governor 4/11/23.
HF 1368: A bill to prohibit political subdivisions from contracting with a company that boycotts Israel.
Status: Introduced 1/12/23; referred to Industry, Business & Labor. Set for hearing 1/23/23. Re-referred to Government and Veterans Affairs; set for hearing 2/2/23. Rescheduled for hearing 2/7/23. Committee reported Do Pass as amended (13-0) 2/17/23. Passed House (86-7) 2/20/23. Referred to Senate Industry and Business 3/3/23. Set for hearing 3/15/23. Passed Senate (43-3) 3/29/23. House concurs with Senate amendments (87-4) 4/4/23. Signed by Governor 4/6/23.
HB 1374: A bill to prohibit the state and state agencies from competing with private industry.
Status: Introduced 1/13/23; referred to Industry, Business and Labor. Hearing set 1/23/23. Committee recommends Do NOT Pass (13-0) 1/31/23; re-referred to Industry, Business and Labor. Returned to House floor; Failed to Pass House (14-79) 2/6/23.
HB 1384: A bill for an automatic inflator of 33% for damages due to any eminent domain proceeding.
Status: Introduced 1/16/23; referred to Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 2/9/23. Committee reported Do Pass as amended (12-1) 2/17/23. Amended to provide that only where a primary residence is involved in an eminent domain proceeding, the court will order a 20% increase on the award for damages. Failed to Pass House (26-68) 2/21/23.
HB 1429: A bill to prohibit political subdivisions from contracting with companies that boycott energy, mining, and production agriculture.
Status: Introduced 1/17/23; referred to Industry, Business, and Labor. Set for hearing 1/23/23. Committee reported Do Pass as amended (12-0) 2/17/23. Amended to provide that the state shall not invest funds in companies that boycott other companies on environmental, social, or governance issues (ESG), unless the refusal to invest is the result of sound underwriting and actuarial principles. Passed House (93-0) 2/21/23. Referred to Senate Industry and Business 3/3/23. Set for hearing 3/15/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (5-0) 3/29/23. Passed Senate (42-4) 3/30/23. House refuses to concur with Senate amendments; conference committee appointed 4/4/23. Reported back from conference committee; placed on floor calendar 4/17/23. House adopts conference committee report (89-1) 4/20/23. Senate adopts conference committee report (44-3) 4/21/23. Signed by Governor 4/26/23.
HB 1452: A bill to impose a tax on contributions to political campaigns/ballot measures from persons/companies located out of state.
Status: Introduced 1/18/23; referred to Finance and Taxation. Set for hearing 1/31/23. Committee reports Do NOT Pass (10-3) 2/10/23. Failed to pass with constitutional majority (47-44) 2/14/23.
HB 1466: Allowing the recovery of attorney fees in eminent domain proceedings at both the court and administrative proceedings level.
Status: Introduced 1/18/23; referred to Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 2/9/23. Committee reports Do NOT Pass (11-2) 2/10/23. Failed to pass House (7-83) 2/13/23.
HB 1469: A bill requiring that before public funds are invested, that a list of considerations—including issues regarding social, political and foreign ownership—be considered.
Status: Introduced 1/18/23; referred to Industry, Business and Labor. Set for hearing 2/6/23. Committee recommends Do NOT Pass (8-5) 2/15/23. Failed to Pass House (6-87) 2/20/23.
HB 1485: A bill to clarify the jurisdiction and enforcement authority of the state Ethics Commission.
Status: Introduced 1/18/23; referred to Industry, Business and Labor. Set for hearing 2/1/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (14-0) 2/20/23. Amended to state that each legislature shall pass conflict of interest and disclosure rules for the legislative body. Passed House as amended (94-0) 2/21/23. Referred to Senate State and Local Government 3/3/23. Set for hearing 3/23/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (6-0) 3/24/23. Passed Senate (41-5) 3/30/23. Signed by Governor 4/6/23.
HB 1503: A bill to prohibit foreign ownership of property in ND.
Status: Introduced 1/18/23; referred to Judiciary. Re-referred to Agriculture; set for hearing 2/3/23. Committee reports Do Pass as amended (12-0) 2/23/23. Amended to require “foreign adversaries” to registered as covered person under a new statute and have land acquisition reviewed by the Attorney General office. Passed House as amended (93-0) 2/21/23. Referred to Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs 3/3/23. Set for hearing 3/17/23. Committee reports Do NOT Pass (5-0) 3/17/23. Failed to pass Senate (2-45) 3/20/23.
HB 1512: A bill requiring any entity proposing an energy generating facility, to give notice to the County/Counties it will be built in. The County/Counties shall have hearings and can designate an area, upon petition by a certain percentage of landowners, an exclusion area—which prohibits the building of energy conversion/generation facilities.
Status: Introduced 1/18/23; referred to Energy and Natural Resources. Set for hearing 2/2/23. Committee reported Do Pass as amended (13-0) 2/17/23. Amended to provide for an interim study on the compatibility of energy facility permitting with mineral rights and mining issues. Passed House as amended (92-2) 2/21/23. Set for hearing 3/10/23. Committee reports Do Pass (6-0) 3/31/23. Passes Senate (45-2) 4/3/23. Signed by Governor 4/6/23.