---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 9‑08‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contractual noncompete provisions."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 9‑08‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contractual noncompete provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1351"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1351 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; STATE EMPLOY", "SALES AND SALES CONTRACTS - SEE ALSO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bakke", "Boschee", "Dwyer", "Kading", "M. Johnson", "Mitskog", "Mock", "Schneider"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238bf83f-b868-42be-8fba-566c488b32bd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1351.html"
source_hash: "d58c3a4d13be0ef2821f1bdf2facd95f82f5079a366db52aae9213037c7e16ce"
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 1351 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 9‑08‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contractual noncompete provisions.

## 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/19-0777-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0777-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bakke — primary (person)
- Boschee — primary (person)
- Dwyer — primary (person)
- Kading — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Mitskog — primary (person)
- Mock — primary (person)
- Schneider — 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 08:00
- **2019-01-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 9 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-28** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2019-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-21** Returned to House
- **2019-03-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-25** 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/238bf83f-b868-42be-8fba-566c488b32bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).