---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 26.1‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic delivery of insurance notices and documents; and to repeal section 26.1‑39‑26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic delivery of property and casualty insurance notices and documents."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 26.1‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic delivery of insurance notices and documents; and to repeal section 26.1‑39‑26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic delivery of property and casualty insurance notices and documents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1137 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE COMPANIES", "INSURANCE COMPANIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bosch", "Burckhard", "Keiser", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60187b89-9ed2-4833-820b-b2a685c963f4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1137.html"
source_hash: "2c113157f4a660a4c1041cf833e288ea37a1a30f7ad1129c5c557b86a4ab8106"
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 1137 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 26.1‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic delivery of insurance notices and documents; and to repeal section 26.1‑39‑26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic delivery of property and casualty insurance notices and documents.

## 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/66-2019/documents/19-0700-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0700-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0700-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0700-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0700-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bosch — primary (person)
- Burckhard — primary (person)
- Keiser — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-01-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-04** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-03-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-13** Returned to House
- **2019-03-14** Signed by President
- **2019-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60187b89-9ed2-4833-820b-b2a685c963f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).