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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to access to hospital care."
+description: "Relating to access to hospital care."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "68"
+identifier: "HB 1502"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1502 (68)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeff A. Hoverson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-18"
+last_action: "2023-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07ce79c4-c587-4689-81b6-fc44c7b03583"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "82a828dd2d932a8a4f3257ca1d8b17cce0e6cb3efdae8487de73845f15997325"
+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 1502 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to access to hospital care.
+
+Relating to access to hospital care.
+
+## 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/23-1051-02000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1051-04000.pdf)
+3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1051-03000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1502 — **27–17** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1502 — **87–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeff A. Hoverson — primary (person)
+- Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna Henderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Bellew — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
+- Matt Heilman — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Dyk — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:30
+- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 04:34
+- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2023-02-13** Laid over one legislative day
+- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-15** Received from House
+- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 11:15
+- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 03:00
+- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 05:00
+- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 02:46
+- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:30
+- **2023-03-29** Reported back without recommendation 6 0 0 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 27 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-03** Returned to House
+- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
+- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
+- **2023-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-10** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07ce79c4-c587-4689-81b6-fc44c7b03583`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+