---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to business immunity from COVID‑19 liability claims; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to business immunity from COVID‑19 liability claims; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1175"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1175 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a709e52c-1b47-4f3d-a12e-82b7b5ab0095"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1175.html"
source_hash: "37d1411fb01b8de3811677c08aa9c17aca0f0151f88edc366d8eb2d4afce54ff"
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 1175 (67) — Relating to business immunity from COVID‑19 liability claims; to provide for retroactive application; 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.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0247-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0247-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0247-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0247-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0247-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Burckhard — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Howe — cosponsor (person)
- Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Stemen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 17, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-03-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 41 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-03-18** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-05** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-05** Conference committee appointed Nehring Lefor Stemen
- **2021-04-06** Conference committee appointed Klein Vedaa Marcellais
- **2021-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 15, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-19** Signed by President
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a709e52c-1b47-4f3d-a12e-82b7b5ab0095`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).