---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49‑21‑01.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to essential telecommunications services."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49‑21‑01.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to essential telecommunications services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1373"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1373 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITIES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Streyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/271591c7-2258-4e92-b341-8a4fb75e1234"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1373.html"
source_hash: "1321300104a5610d968f495c1b22dc48c30479a73d7a4e2f6aace85a17558f24"
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 1373 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49‑21‑01.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to essential telecommunications services.

## 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/17-0898-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0898-02000.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 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 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 94 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Streyle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-24** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2017-01-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from House
- **2017-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **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/271591c7-2258-4e92-b341-8a4fb75e1234`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).