---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 34‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a living wage mandate prohibition for political subdivisions; and to provide for application."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 34‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a living wage mandate prohibition for political subdivisions; and to provide for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1193"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1193 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; STATE EMPLOY", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "TOWNSHIPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Koppelman", "Becker", "D. Ruby", "Devlin", "J. Roers", "Johnston", "Kreun", "Lefor", "Marschall", "O. Larsen", "Schatz", "Sorvaag"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe9ffa0b-60d3-4887-8c5e-b6612b0a0b5c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1193.html"
source_hash: "05f46a5c4e1a429e275a88b9a34a58cc9b21e804b1bc172c63312afab1047266"
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 1193 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 34‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a living wage mandate prohibition for political subdivisions; and to provide for application.

## 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/19-0283-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0283-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Becker — primary (person)
- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Devlin — primary (person)
- J. Roers — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Kreun — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Marschall — primary (person)
- O. Larsen — primary (person)
- Schatz — primary (person)
- Sorvaag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-02-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 20 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Received from House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 35 nays 11 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-19** Returned to House
- **2019-03-20** Signed by President
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-28** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe9ffa0b-60d3-4887-8c5e-b6612b0a0b5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).