Committees · 2021 Regular Session
Energy and Natural Resources
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Curt KreunChair
Republican · 42nd District
Todd PorterChair
Republican · 34th District
Chuck DamschenVice-chair
Republican · 10th District
Jim P. RoersVice-chair
Republican · 46th District
Republican · 6th District
Republican · 33rd District
Republican · 30th District
Republican · 23rd District
Democratic · 11th District
Republican · 32nd District
Democratic · 43rd District
Republican · 46th District
Republican · 47th District
Republican · 37th District
Republican · 16th District
Republican · 39th District
Democratic · 44th District
Republican · 40th District
Republican · 31st District
Republican · 39th District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2021 Regular Session.
Bills sent53
6% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out96%
51 of 53; 1 moved on without a report, 1 stopped in committee
Time in committee16 days
most between 9 and 27 days
Amendments offered23
committee amendments
In every assembly
Each assembly over its whole term. The 69th is so far.
69th82 bills
reported 98% · typically 25 days, most 17–37 · 33 amendments · 10 members
68th87 bills
reported 97% · typically 25 days, most 16–35 · 47 amendments · 14 members
67th53 bills
reported 96% · typically 16 days, most 9–27 · 23 amendments · 14 members
66th71 bills
reported 96% · typically 28 days, most 18–37 · 29 amendments · 14 members
65th54 bills
reported 91% · typically 25 days, most 18–33 · 35 amendments · 14 members
64th55 bills
reported 91% · typically 24 days, most 16–31 · 20 amendments · 13 members
63rd58 bills
reported 91% · typically 21 days, most 15–28 · 31 amendments · 13 members
62nd51 bills
reported 90% · typically 23 days, most 15–28 · 26 amendments · 15 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2021 Regular Session, newest first.
53 bills
Senate Bill 2344 · Relating to governmental regulation of firearms and ammunition; and to provide a penalty.
Sent March 16, 2021 · Reported out after 9 days, 13–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2217 · Relating to oil and gas royalty leases, negative royalties, and arm's length transactions; and to provide a penalty.for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 47‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the deduction or recovery of losses incurred in the sale or disposition of natural gas from the proceeds of oil production.
Sent March 5, 2021 · Reported out after 14 days, 13–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2237 · Relating to limitations on regulation of coal‑fueled electric generating units; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.
Sent March 5, 2021 · Reported out after 7 days, 14–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2238 · Relating to the state regional haze plan; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.
Sent March 5, 2021 · Reported out after 7 days, 14–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2291 · Relating to social investments made by the state investment board and the boycott of energy or commodities companies; to provide for a department of commerce study of the implications of complete divestment of companies that boycott energy or commodities; and to provide for reports to legislative management; and to declare an emergency.
Sent March 5, 2021 · Reported out after 7 days, 12–2 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2313 · Relating to resource planning, planning reserve margin, and reliable service obligation; to amend and reenact sections 17‑05‑05 and 17‑05‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the transmission authority and the transmission authority's reporting requirements; and to repeal chapter 17‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the 25x'25 initiativeprovide a penalty.
Sent March 5, 2021 · Reported out after 31 days, 14–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2036 · AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding access to lands and electronic posting.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 27 days, 12–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2065 · Relating to the authority of the board of university and school lands to lease lands under its control for the underground storage of oil or gas and the jurisdiction of the industrial commission to regulate the permitting and amalgamation of the underground storage of oil or gas; and to amend and reenact sections 15‑05‑09 and 15‑05‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oil and gas leases and royalties from oil leases.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 40 days, 13–1 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2066 · Relating to use of funds from the fossil excavation and restoration fund; and to provide a continuing appropriation.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 8 days, 12–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2070 · Relating to the regulated substance response; to amend and reenact sections 11‑33‑01, 23.1‑10‑02, 40‑47‑01, and 58‑03‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the regulated substance response; and to repeal sections 23.1‑04‑04 and 23.1‑10‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contaminated properties; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for retroactive application.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 15 days, 13–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2081 · Relating to permissible uses in the floodway and flood fringe under the national flood insurance program.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 9 days, 14–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2091 · Relating to an exclusion from the definition of public utility and rural electric cooperative.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 23 days, 12–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2143 · Relating to wearing fluorescent pink or certain camouflage patterns while hunting big game.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 15 days, 9–4 · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2144 · Relating to criminal trespass and electronic posting; and to provide a penalty.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 27 days, 12–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2172 · Relating to a preference for moose hunting licenses for individuals seventy‑five years of age and older.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 16 days, 14–0 · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2211 · Relating to use of artificial light while hunting.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 9 days, 14–0 · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2263 · Relating to notice requirements for an application for a certificate of site or corridor compatibility; and to provide for application.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 16 days, 13–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2317 · Relating to the establishment of a coal mine reclamation trust utilizing private assets; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for a transfer.
Sent February 24, 2021 · Reported out after 16 days, 14–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1081 · Relating to authority of the game and fish department employees to enforce laws.
Sent February 18, 2021 · Reported out after 4 days, 12–2 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1411 · Relating to hunting at night; and to provide a penalty.
Sent February 8, 2021 · Reported out after 4 days, 13–1 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
33 more
House Bill 1401 · Relating to monitoring and regulation of special waste in ground water; and to provide a penalty.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 18 days, 11–1 · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1411 · Relating to hunting at night; and to provide a penalty.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 14 days, 10–2 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1450 · Relating to a license to carry a firearm or dangerous weapon concealed; and to provide an expiration date.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 35 days, 14–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1452 · Relating to a clean sustainable energy authority and a clean sustainable energy fund; to amend and reenact sections 17‑01‑01 and 17‑07‑01 and subsection 5 of section 54‑44.4‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to low‑emission technology, the energy policy commission, and an exemption from procurement services for energy programs; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide an appropriation; to provide a transfer; and to provide a report.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 18 days, 11–2 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1455 · Relating to the retirement of an electric energy conversion facility and site reclamation and bonding; and to amend and reenact section 49‑22‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of electric energy conversion facility retirement.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 21 days, 13–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1463 · Relating to possession of a concealed firearm or dangerous weapon.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 35 days, 13–1 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1491 · A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the industrial commission for contracting with the energy and environmental research center to develop a roadmap for the implementation of hydrogen energy.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 17 days, 8–4 · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1215 · Relating to an outdoor heritage revolving loangrasslands fund; to amend and reenact section 54‑17.8‑0257‑51.1‑07.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a transfer of funds to the outdoor heritage revolving loan fundthe state share of oil and gas tax revenue allocations; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide a transfer; and to provide an effective date.
Sent January 14, 2021 · Reported out after 29 days, 11–3 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1348 · Relating to prohibiting the testing of wastewater for genetic material or evidence of disease; and to provide a penalty.
Sent January 14, 2021 · Moved on without a report after 5 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1293 · Relating to handguns and carrying firearms or dangerous weapons concealed; and to provide a penalty.
Sent January 12, 2021 · Reported out after 41 days, 11–3 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1297 · Relating to the possession of firearms or dangerous weapons at a public gathering.
Sent January 12, 2021 · Reported out after 41 days, 11–3 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1304 · Relating to carrying a handgun; and to provide a penalty.
Sent January 12, 2021 · Reported out after 38 days, 13–1 · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1327 · Relating to licenses to hunt deer; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 20.1‑08‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licenses to hunt deer; and to provide a penalty.
Sent January 12, 2021 · Reported out after 9 days, 14–0 · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1178 · Relating to hunting licenses for nonresident members of the armed forces.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Reported out after 21 days, 12–0 · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1218 · Relating to pheasant hunting by nonresidents who own land in North Dakota.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Reported out after 11 days, 14–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1221 · Relating to an exemption from a prohibition against severing hunting rights from surface estates.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days, 14–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1242 · Relating to apprentice hunter validation; and to provide a penalty.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days, 14–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1292 · Relating to electric energy conversion facility retirement, status report requirements, limitations for recovery of costs associated with electric generation built to replace a retiring electric energy conversion facility, and site reclamation and bond.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 17 days
House Bill 1054 · Relating to bond requirements for abandoned oil and gas wells.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 17 days, 13–1 · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1055 · Relating to service of signed commission orders.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days, 14–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1056 · Relating to the collection of global positioning system data; and to repeal section 54‑17.4‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties of the state geologist.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 16 days, 13–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1059 · Relating to requiring an excavator to call 911 upon damage to a facility that releases any flammable toxic or corrosive gas.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days, 14–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1060 · Relating to the manner in which public utility meters may be tested.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 9 days, 14–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1061 · Relating to extending time for scheduling an informal conference and application for a permit renewal.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 9 days, 14–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1063 · Relating to the membership on the northwest area water supply advisory committee and the areas to be served by the northwest area water supply project; to provide for legislative management reports; and to declare an emergency.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 45 days, 14–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1067 · Relating to the authority of the public service commission to adopt rules and request a fee to cover the cost of investigating a public utilities integrated resource plan.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 9 days, 13–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1074 · Relating to records kept and reports made by the chief game warden.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 10 days, 14–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1081 · Relating to authority of the game and fish department employees to enforce laws.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 37 days, 11–3 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1088 · Relating to the state water commission's comprehensive water development plan; and to repeal section 61‑02‑01.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to North Dakota outdoor heritage fund grants and their effect on state water commission cost-share amounts.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 30 days, 12–0 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1095 · Relating to the siting of a repowered wind conversion facility that has not previously been issued a certificate of site compatibility; and to amend and reenact sections 49‑22‑03 and 49‑22‑16.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of repower for a wind facility and waivers or extensions for light mitigation technology systems.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 9 days, 10–4 · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1096 · Relating to energy conversion and transmission siting and facilities; to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 49‑22‑03, section 49‑22‑07.2, subsections 1 and 4 of section 49‑22‑13, subsection 1 of section 49‑22‑22, subsections 3 and 7 of section 49‑22.1‑01, section 49‑22.1‑05, subsections 1 and 4 of section 49‑22.1‑10, and subsection 1 of section 49‑22.1‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission siting and facilities; and to repeal section 49‑22.1‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to removal of electrical standards requirement from gas and liquid energy transmission facilities.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 17 days, 10–3 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1113 · Relating to obtaining a landowner's permission before baiting; to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 12.1‑31‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to trail cameras; and to provide a penalty.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 31 days, 12–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1120 · Relating to deer hunting licenses for disabled veterans.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Reported out after 27 days, 12–0 · 1 committee amendment, adopted · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate