---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 15 of section 19‑24.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to debilitating medical conditions under the medical marijuana program; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 15 of section 19‑24.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to debilitating medical conditions under the medical marijuana program; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1519"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1519 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS - SEE ALSO ALCOHOL", "HEALTH", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Koppelman", "Beadle", "Ertelt", "Marschall", "Mock", "Steiner", "Vetter"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a38bafe-c741-4d3a-acb9-66c2af340cc9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1519.html"
source_hash: "fa82faffe14120528545aac983998ea401298d9b1f4cfb82774149d19b0061c7"
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 1519 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 15 of section 19‑24.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to debilitating medical conditions under the medical marijuana program; to provide for a legislative management study; 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/19-0966-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-02002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-02002m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-01002a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-01002m.pdf)
6. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-02001a.pdf)
7. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-02001m.pdf)
8. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-05000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-02000.pdf)
10. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-04000.pdf)
11. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0966-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Beadle — primary (person)
- Ertelt — primary (person)
- Marschall — primary (person)
- Mock — primary (person)
- Steiner — primary (person)
- Vetter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2019-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-19** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-22** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-03-25** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-01** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-01** Conference committee appointed M. Ruby Westlind Damschen
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee appointed K. Roers Anderson Clemens
- **2019-04-15** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 7, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-17** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-18** Signed by President
- **2019-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a38bafe-c741-4d3a-acb9-66c2af340cc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).