HB 1581 North Dakota House · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for tribal tourism grants; and to provide for a legislative management report.

HB 1581 allocates $500,000 from North Dakota's general fund to the Department of Commerce for tribal tourism grants during the 2025-2027 biennium. It directly affects tribal governments within North Dakota, allowing them to apply for grants of up to $100,000 each to promote and enhance tourism opportunities on tribal lands. The bill provides a funding mechanism through existing state resources, not new programs, to support tribal economic development. This appropriation requires the Department of Commerce to administer the grants and submit a legislative management report on their use.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 20, 2025 Signed Apr 23, 2025
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FIRST ENGROSSMENT Enrollment · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill text was converted from a draft legislative format to a final enrolled version, adding official signatures, certification language, and vote counts while removing draft markings and page numbers. The substantive policy content regarding the $100,000 tribal tourism grant appropriation remains unchanged.
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Added official certification language certifying the bill originated in the House and is known as House Bill No. 1581.

Added vote counts showing 82 yeas and 9 nays in the House, and 40 yeas and 6 nays in the Senate.

Added signature lines for the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the House, Secretary of the Senate, and Governor.

Removed draft page numbers and section identifiers (25.1320.02000) used during legislative processing.

Removed draft formatting markers and line numbers used during legislative markup.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · House Feb 25, 2025

How they voted

406
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 47
Apr 15, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican42
35 Yea 6 Nay 1
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Apr 24, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22
legislature
Apr 23, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor 04/21
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6
upper
Apr 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 2 0
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Hearing 02:00
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Appropriations
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back, do pass 4 2 0
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Hearing 10:30
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 9
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 23 0 0
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Appropriations
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment adopted
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 2 3
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 08:30
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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