---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1‑73‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to livestock bills of sale; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1‑73‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to livestock bills of sale; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1208"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1208 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH; LIVESTOCK", "LIVESTOCK - SEE ALSO ANIMALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boschee", "D. Johnson", "Dotzenrod", "Erbele", "Kempenich", "Luick", "O. Larsen", "Trottier", "Wanzek"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f499627-d353-41ed-9727-d881dea34c78"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1208.html"
source_hash: "9bfe48ed7bf2b2858d2320360d2aaa1f6ddfee41541247f6b17960f0b35ca8a1"
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 1208 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1‑73‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to livestock bills of sale; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/17-0562-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0562-02000.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 93 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **93–0** (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 45 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boschee — primary (person)
- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- Dotzenrod — primary (person)
- Erbele — primary (person)
- Kempenich — primary (person)
- Luick — primary (person)
- O. Larsen — primary (person)
- Trottier — primary (person)
- Wanzek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-26** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from House
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to House
- **2017-03-08** Signed by President
- **2017-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f499627-d353-41ed-9727-d881dea34c78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).