---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the physical therapy licensure compact."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the physical therapy licensure compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1157 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPACTS", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "PHYSICAL THERAPISTS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Koppelman", "D. Anderson", "Grabinger", "J. Lee", "Kreun", "Roers Jones", "Schneider"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9417b872-1d4f-4f71-9efa-108d3fcd523e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1157.html"
source_hash: "888d8a6b9bcdced951548020e24d593b19397ffc865336483b04f6320e288991"
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 1157 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the physical therapy licensure compact.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0472-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0472-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 87 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 7 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Koppelman — primary (person)
- D. Anderson — primary (person)
- Grabinger — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Kreun — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2017-01-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from House
- **2017-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2017-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-09** Returned to House
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/13 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9417b872-1d4f-4f71-9efa-108d3fcd523e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).