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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 26.1-19-03 and 26.1-43-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legal expense insurance plans."
+description: "Relating to legal expense insurance plans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "68"
+identifier: "HB 1189"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1189 (68)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Scott Louser"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-09"
+last_action: "2023-04-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e592889a-d2d1-43ea-96fd-11299850c5da"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "8a674550c23e88becb935ee7e3870e605c3b204685141d4441f72c55d708bee8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
+---
+
+# North Dakota HB 1189 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 26.1-19-03 and 26.1-43-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legal expense insurance plans.
+
+Relating to legal expense insurance plans.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0689-01000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0689-02000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1189 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1189 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Scott Louser — primary (person)
+- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
+- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
+- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Zachary Ista — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
+- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 02:55
+- **2023-01-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-02** Received from House
+- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-03-03** Request return from committee
+- **2023-03-03** Rereferred to Industry and Business
+- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 10:00
+- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 11:40
+- **2023-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-23** Returned to House
+- **2023-03-24** Signed by President
+- **2023-03-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2023-03-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e592889a-d2d1-43ea-96fd-11299850c5da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+