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ND HB 1603

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AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the state historical society for Native American grave protection and repatriation compliance efforts.

North Dakota · 2025 Regular Session (69th Legislative Assembly) · lower

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Did ND HB 1603 pass?

Yes. ND HB 1603 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-21): Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16

What is ND HB 1603 about?

ND HB 1603 is a bill in the 2025 Regular Session (69th Legislative Assembly) titled “AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the state historical society for Native American grave protection and repatriation compliance efforts.”.

Who sponsors ND HB 1603?

Collette Brown is the primary sponsor of ND HB 1603, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-01-20
Latest action
2025-04-21 — Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Collette Brownprimary
  • Tim Matherncosponsor
  • Zachary Istacosponsor
  • Lisa Finley-DeVillecosponsor
  • Jon O. Nelsoncosponsor
  • Ryan Braunbergercosponsor
  • Josh Boscheecosponsor
  • Jayme Daviscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-21

    Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16

    introduction

  2. 2025-04-18

    Signed by Governor 04/16

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-04-15

    Sent to Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-04-15

    Signed by Speaker

  5. 2025-04-14

    Signed by President

  6. 2025-04-09

    Returned to House

  7. 2025-04-09

    Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0

    passage,reading-2

  8. 2025-04-08

    Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 0 1

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-03-28

    Rereferred to Appropriations

  10. 2025-03-28

    Reported back, do pass 6 0 0

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-03-27

    Committee Hearing 03:15

  12. 2025-02-24

    Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee

    introduction

  13. 2025-02-21

    Received from House

  14. 2025-02-20

    Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 0

    passage,reading-2

  15. 2025-02-19

    Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

  16. 2025-02-18

    Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 0 3

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-02-11

    Rereferred to Appropriations

  18. 2025-02-11

    Amendment adopted

  19. 2025-02-10

    Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-01-31

    Committee Hearing 10:00

  21. 2025-01-20

    Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Motion for Final Passage on HB 1603

    2025-02-20 · pass · 87-0

    Member-level votes (93)
    • Bert Anderson: yes
    • Dick Anderson: yes
    • Karen A. Anderson: yes
    • Landon Bahl: yes
    • Mike Beltz: yes
    • Mike Berg: yes
    • Glenn Bosch: yes
    • Mike Brandenburg: yes
    • Collette Brown: yes
    • Nels Christianson: yes
    • Liz Conmy: yes
    • Jayme Davis: yes
    • Gretchen Dobervich: yes
    • Jason Dockter: yes
    • Ty Dressler: yes
    • Clayton Fegley: yes
    • Lisa Finley-DeVille: yes
    • Jay Fisher: yes
    • Austin Foss: yes
    • Kathy Frelich: yes
    • Karen Grindberg: yes
    • Jim Grueneich: yes
    • LaurieBeth Hager: yes
    • Jared C. Hagert: yes
    • Karla Rose Hanson: yes
    • Patrick R. Hatlestad: yes
    • Dori Hauck: yes
    • Craig Headland: yes
    • Matthew Heilman: yes
    • Pat D. Heinert: yes
    • Donna Henderson: yes
    • Jared Hendrix: yes
    • Dawson Holle: yes
    • Jeff Hoverson: yes
    • Zachary Ista: yes
    • Jorin Johnson: yes
    • Daniel Johnston: yes
    • Jim Jonas: yes
    • Karen Karls: yes
    • Jim Kasper: yes
    • Keith Kempenich: yes
    • Dwight Kiefert: yes
    • Ben Koppelman: yes
    • Donald W. Longmuir: yes
    • Scott Louser: yes
    • Roger A. Maki: yes
    • Andrew Marschall: yes
    • Bob Martinson: yes
    • Carrie McLeod: yes
    • Lisa Meier: yes
    • Alisa Mitskog: yes
    • David Monson: yes
    • Desiree Morton: yes
    • Mike Motschenbacher: yes
    • Eric J. Murphy: yes
    • Mike Nathe: yes
    • Dennis Nehring: yes
    • Jon O. Nelson: yes
    • Anna S. Novak: yes
    • Emily O'Brien: yes
    • Jeremy L. Olson: yes
    • SuAnn Olson: yes
    • Doug Osowski: yes
    • Todd Porter: yes
    • Brandy L. Pyle: yes
    • David Richter: yes
    • Nico Rios: yes
    • Karen M. Rohr: yes
    • Dan Ruby: yes
    • Mark Sanford: yes
    • Bernie Satrom: yes
    • Mike Schatz: yes
    • Austen Schauer: yes
    • Mary Schneider: yes
    • Cynthia Schreiber-Beck: yes
    • Vicky Steiner: yes
    • Gregory Stemen: yes
    • Steve Swiontek: yes
    • Nathan Toman: yes
    • Bill Tveit: yes
    • Lori VanWinkle: yes
    • Steve Vetter: yes
    • Don Vigesaa: yes
    • Daniel R. Vollmer: yes
    • Scott Wagner: yes
    • Jonathan Warrey: yes
    • Robin Weisz: yes
    • Macy Bolinske: other
    • Lawrence R. Klemin: other
    • Mike Lefor: other
    • Mitch Ostlie: other
    • Matthew Ruby: other
    • Christina Wolff: other
  • Motion for Final Passage on HB 1603

    2025-04-09 · pass · 46-0

    Member-level votes (47)
    • Michelle Axtman: yes
    • Jeff Barta: yes
    • Todd Beard: yes
    • Brad Bekkedahl: yes
    • Keith Boehm: yes
    • Josh Boschee: yes
    • Ryan Braunberger: yes
    • Randy A. Burckhard: yes
    • Jose L. Castaneda: yes
    • Sean Cleary: yes
    • David A. Clemens: yes
    • Cole Conley: yes
    • Claire Cory: yes
    • Kyle Davison: yes
    • Dick Dever: yes
    • Michael Dwyer: yes
    • Mark Enget: yes
    • Robert Erbele: yes
    • Justin Gerhardt: yes
    • Kathy Hogan: yes
    • Greg Kessel: yes
    • Jerry Klein: yes
    • Diane Larson: yes
    • Judy Lee: yes
    • Randy D. Lemm: yes
    • Larry Luick: yes
    • Jeffery J. Magrum: yes
    • Richard Marcellais: yes
    • Tim Mathern: yes
    • Scott Meyer: yes
    • Janne Myrdal: yes
    • Dale Patten: yes
    • Bob Paulson: yes
    • Michelle Powers: yes
    • Kristin Roers: yes
    • Dean Rummel: yes
    • Donald Schaible: yes
    • Jonathan Sickler: yes
    • Ronald Sorvaag: yes
    • Paul J. Thomas: yes
    • Desiree van Oosting: yes
    • Chuck Walen: yes
    • Terry M. Wanzek: yes
    • Mark F. Weber: yes
    • Kent Weston: yes
    • Mike Wobbema: yes
    • David Hogue: other

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