---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to transparency in dental benefits contracting; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to transparency in dental benefits contracting; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1154"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1154 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1294d3d-b60c-4acc-b04e-ad90b8913797"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1154.html"
source_hash: "281961348e45e602642665eb717220dbd07b5131640b49d888a4ace9fa57de43"
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 1154 (67) — Relating to transparency in dental benefits contracting; and to provide a penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0417-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0417-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0417-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Vedaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Request return from committee
- **2021-01-13** Rereferred to Industry, Business and Labor
- **2021-02-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 60 nays 34 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Received from House
- **2021-02-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Returned to House
- **2021-03-23** Signed by President
- **2021-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1294d3d-b60c-4acc-b04e-ad90b8913797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).