The North Dakota House of Representatives adopted the conference committee report for House Bill 10‑19 and then passed the bill on final consideration, approving a revised Parks and Recreation Department appropriation that reduces some project funding but adds ranger positions.

Representative Sanford presented the conference committee report and said the committee agreed to add two ranger positions—one at "Tambana Gorge" and one at Roughrider Park—beginning in the second year of the biennium, at an added cost of $191,000. The committee also substantially reduced other items, including a $900,000 cut to a previously proposed $1,000,000 Peace Garden sewer upgrade, leaving $100,000 for that project because the project is "not ready to go forward." The report preserved the main emphasis on the state park system rather than local parks funding.

Sanford moved adoption of the report and, after no further discussion, the House adopted the conference committee report by voice vote. The subsequent final passage vote for House Bill 10‑19 recorded 76 yeas and 13 nays; the bill was declared passed.

The bill’s engrossed title as read on the floor described formation of a new section of chapter 55‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code relating to creation and naming of state parks and related transfers and exemptions.

The funds and programmatic priorities in the adopted conference report will be implemented through the Parks and Recreation Department and the normal executive‑branch appropriation processes.