HB 1500 North Dakota House · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

AN ACT to create and enact sections 11-33-17.1, 40-47-05.1, and 58-03-14.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to nonconforming structures in counties, cities, and townships.

House Bill 1500 creates new sections within the North Dakota Century Code (11-33-17.1, 40-47-05.1, and 58-03-14.1). These new provisions relate to "nonconforming structures" in counties, cities, and townships across the state. Nonconforming structures are typically buildings or land uses that were legal when established but no longer comply with current zoning or building regulations. The specific details of how these structures will be regulated are not provided in the bill's title or abstract.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 20, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

FIRST ENGROSSMENT → Enrollment · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the formatting and presentation of HB 1500 from its first engrossment version to its enrolled version, which is the final version ready for the Governor's signature. The substantive policy content regarding nonconforming structure repair and rebuilding remains unchanged, though there are minor text corrections in subsection 6 of Section 1 and Section 2 where 'subdivision c' was changed to 'subdivision d' in the enrolled version.

TECHNICAL

The enrolled version corrects a reference from 'subdivision c' to 'subdivision d' in subsection 6 of both Section 1 and Section 2, aligning the text with the actual subdivision lettering used in the bill.

The enrolled version includes additional session information (Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025) and page headers that were not present in the first engrossment version.

The enrolled version removes the 'FIRST ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1500' title page and replaces it with a standard 'HOUSE BILL NO. 1500' title page with sponsor information in parentheses.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2025 · House Apr 7, 2025

How they voted

31–16

Passed

Total votes 47

Mar 26, 2025

D Democratic5

2 Yea 3 Nay

60% Nay

R Republican42

29 Yea 13 Nay

69% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Apr 21, 2025

Introduced

Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17

legislature

Apr 18, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by Governor 04/15

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 3

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Concurred

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 31 nays 16

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 3 2 0

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee Hearing 02:30

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Introduced

Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 10

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 7 3 3

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Hearing 09:00

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Introduced

Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee

lower

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors