---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 23‑34‑04 and section 43‑17‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grounds for disciplinary action by the medical board."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 23‑34‑04 and section 43‑17‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grounds for disciplinary action by the medical board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1289"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1289 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF MEDICINE", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60bbe184-163a-43a5-b7ff-913c1b3824c2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1289.html"
source_hash: "87c5e74dece56af9388ba2f3ef5d1dcd4db1cad025e055b43af710d838c3fcdc"
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 1289 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 23‑34‑04 and section 43‑17‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grounds for disciplinary action by the medical board.

## 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/17-0795-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0795-02000.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 90 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **90–0** (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 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-02-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from House
- **2017-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-14** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2017-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-17** Returned to House
- **2017-03-20** Signed by President
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60bbe184-163a-43a5-b7ff-913c1b3824c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).