---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.1 and a new section to chapter 54‑52.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the medical assistance pharmacy management program and public employees retirement system prescription drug coverage benefits; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.1 and a new section to chapter 54‑52.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the medical assistance pharmacy management program and public employees retirement system prescription drug coverage benefits; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1374"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1374 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO APPROPRIATIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "MEDICAID OR MEDICARE - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; MEDICAL SERV", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holman", "M. Nelson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/810670ad-e84a-4609-a132-ac4b79365e37"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1374.html"
source_hash: "120491cfa2574e9e43740486acf057c1720fe113f9674a7f5322d1f84dfd5de6"
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 1374 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.1 and a new section to chapter 54‑52.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the medical assistance pharmacy management program and public employees retirement system prescription drug coverage benefits; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/19-0858-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-02011a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-02011m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-01001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-01001m.pdf)
6. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-02001a.pdf)
7. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-02001m.pdf)
8. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-08000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-02000.pdf)
10. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-07000.pdf)
11. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0858-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Holman — primary (person)
- M. Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Amendment adopted
- **2019-02-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 7 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Received from House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Amendment adopted
- **2019-03-21** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-26** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed Kasper Keiser M. Nelson
- **2019-04-05** Conference committee appointed J. Lee Anderson Hogan
- **2019-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-25** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/810670ad-e84a-4609-a132-ac4b79365e37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).