---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑09.3‑01.1 and 23‑16‑01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the moratorium on basic care and nursing facility bed capacity."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑09.3‑01.1 and 23‑16‑01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the moratorium on basic care and nursing facility bed capacity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1355"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1355 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "LONG-TERM CARE - SEE ALSO NURSING HOMES", "NURSING HOMES", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bellew", "Devlin", "J. Lee", "Kreidt", "Meier", "O. Larsen", "Rohr", "Tveit"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73dc81b0-c357-4b5d-88f1-7f5673ce1e82"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1355.html"
source_hash: "13adbb36b18da87480031fc2a33b7a8fa58331e3a4892dc8a425549b66ac0d90"
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 1355 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑09.3‑01.1 and 23‑16‑01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the moratorium on basic care and nursing facility bed capacity.

## 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/19-8157-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8157-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8157-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8157-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8157-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bellew — primary (person)
- Devlin — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Kreidt — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)
- O. Larsen — primary (person)
- Rohr — primary (person)
- Tveit — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-02-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 11 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-18** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **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 44 nays 1 `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/73dc81b0-c357-4b5d-88f1-7f5673ce1e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).