---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43‑10.1‑03.1 and 50‑24.1‑02.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Medicaid assets exempt for funeral expenses."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43‑10.1‑03.1 and 50‑24.1‑02.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Medicaid assets exempt for funeral expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1318"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1318 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "FUNERALS", "MEDICAID OR MEDICARE - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; MEDICAL SERV"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blum", "Hogan", "Holman", "Johnston", "Klein", "Lefor", "Poolman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d09c4354-3095-4152-b38d-bfecfb3b6a7c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1318.html"
source_hash: "317049252f6455525f9b0b8c7db9c66f2095849a62c821a2fab897feecc48036"
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 1318 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43‑10.1‑03.1 and 50‑24.1‑02.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Medicaid assets exempt for funeral expenses.

## 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/19-0857-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0857-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0857-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0857-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0857-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Blum — primary (person)
- Hogan — primary (person)
- Holman — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Klein — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2019-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-25** Amendment adopted
- **2019-01-25** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 19 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-18** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-12** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-21** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2019-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to House
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d09c4354-3095-4152-b38d-bfecfb3b6a7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).