---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil actions involving asbestos; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 28‑01.3‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liability of nonmanufacturing sellers; and to provide for application.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding civil actions involving asbestos."
description: "Relating to civil actions involving asbestos; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 28‑01.3‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liability of nonmanufacturing sellers; and to provide for application.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding civil actions involving asbestos."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1207"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1207 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53d54fdb-fe54-4223-8d94-3c062317317b"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1207.html"
source_hash: "eb7f32894763b46bb6644f05304608c518de115000cb9c1ed612eea054122fb9"
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 1207 (67) — Relating to civil actions involving asbestos; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 28‑01.3‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liability of nonmanufacturing sellers; and to provide for application.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding civil actions involving asbestos.

## 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/21-0434-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0434-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0434-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0434-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Magrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-02-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-02-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 6 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-15** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Received from House
- **2021-02-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-30** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 41 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-14** Concurred
- **2021-04-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 78 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Signed by President
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor 04/19 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53d54fdb-fe54-4223-8d94-3c062317317b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).