Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 HOUSE BILL NO. 1148 (Representatives Frelich, K. Anderson, Klemin, J. Olson, Pyle, Tveit) (Senators Van Oosting, Wobbema) AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to military appreciation month. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Military Appreciation Month. May of each year is Military Appreciation Month. Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation on May first in honor of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have served and are now serving, and the significant contributions and incredible sacrifices they have made and continue to make in the defense of this nation and the preservation of our freedom. H. B. NO. 1148 - PAGE 2 ____________________________ ____________________________ Speaker of the House President of the Senate ____________________________ ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1148. House Vote: Yeas 90 Nays 0 Absent 4 Senate Vote:Yeas 47 Nays 0 Absent 0 ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025. ____________________________ Governor Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M. ____________________________ Secretary of State