---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 5‑02‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the removal of an unfinished bottle of wine from a restaurant."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 5‑02‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the removal of an unfinished bottle of wine from a restaurant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1344"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1344 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOL - SEE ALSO DRUGS", "RETAILERS - SEE ALSO SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS", "SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS - SEE ALSO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker", "Bekkedahl", "D. Ruby", "Heinert", "Hogue", "J. Roers", "Johnston", "Kasper", "Klein", "Lefor", "Louser", "Steiner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53f1381f-a7df-43e6-a06b-d0e9ad8a8c15"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1344.html"
source_hash: "bf6b3a2ab1e7636a1765f1cbe01718687d13185a1c3a25a327be458d93281d7d"
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 1344 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 5‑02‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the removal of an unfinished bottle of wine from a restaurant.

## 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/19-0047-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0047-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Hogue — primary (person)
- J. Roers — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Kasper — primary (person)
- Klein — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Louser — primary (person)
- Steiner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-02-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-11** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-01** Returned to House
- **2019-03-04** Signed by President
- **2019-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by Governor 03/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53f1381f-a7df-43e6-a06b-d0e9ad8a8c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).