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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 and a new section to chapter 40-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services."
+description: "Relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "68"
+identifier: "HB 1234"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1234 (68)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pat D. Heinert"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf1ba56c-28a7-4480-9ccd-695174e159b6"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "7b43156e8c74c02a51bddd3ee39b3ea6030ff3f40a12aa1a2b716c1d5b7668b8"
+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 1234 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 and a new section to chapter 40-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services.
+
+Relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services.
+
+## 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/23-0790-01000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0790-03000.pdf)
+3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0790-02000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1234 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1234 — **43–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pat D. Heinert — primary (person)
+- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
+- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
+- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
+- Jared Hagert — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
+- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
+- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-01-12** Request return from committee
+- **2023-01-12** Rereferred to Energy and Natural Resources
+- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
+- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:20
+- **2023-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-01-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **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 Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
+- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-10** Returned to House
+- **2023-03-13** Signed by President
+- **2023-03-14** Signed by Speaker
+- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf1ba56c-28a7-4480-9ccd-695174e159b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+