---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23‑16 and a new section to chapter 26.1‑47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of certification for physicians; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23‑16 and a new section to chapter 26.1‑47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of certification for physicians; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1433"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1433 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "HOSPITALS - SEE ALSO STATE HOSPITAL", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Koppelman", "Becker", "Clemens", "Davison", "Dever", "J. Lee", "Kasper", "Oehlke", "Rohr", "Strinden", "Vigesaa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71bbb0de-0827-4091-9e19-095c0bff810e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1433.html"
source_hash: "2e3710b8d2ebd615049cfea7ffc1b5ef2943950a8e139088bd0a3e48dc327e7d"
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 1433 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23‑16 and a new section to chapter 26.1‑47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to maintenance of certification for physicians; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/19-0967-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0967-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0967-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0967-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0967-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Becker — primary (person)
- Clemens — primary (person)
- Davison — primary (person)
- Dever — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Kasper — primary (person)
- Oehlke — primary (person)
- Rohr — primary (person)
- Strinden — primary (person)
- Vigesaa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Request return from committee
- **2019-01-16** Rereferred to Industry, Business and Labor
- **2019-01-29** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-07** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2019-03-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-07** Returned to House
- **2019-03-08** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/13 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-15** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71bbb0de-0827-4091-9e19-095c0bff810e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).