---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to damages, injunctive relief, and limitation of actions; to amend and reenact section 51‑08.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to civil penalty and injunctive enforcement; and to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to damages, injunctive relief, and limitation of actions; to amend and reenact section 51‑08.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to civil penalty and injunctive enforcement; and to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1208"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1208 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed2f6ad0-cb40-465b-b06f-d6b4f0be2390"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1208.html"
source_hash: "e3d057ea21149f6ac6229a894482528eeebb1fbe400ecd7f85eb75778dc67aca"
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 1208 (67) — Relating to damages, injunctive relief, and limitation of actions; to amend and reenact section 51‑08.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to civil penalty and injunctive enforcement; and to provide a penalty; 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/21-0705-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0705-03000.pdf)
3. **HOUSE BILL NO. 1208 with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0705-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Louser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-01-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-03-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-19** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-03-22** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-03-31** Concurred
- **2021-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by President
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed2f6ad0-cb40-465b-b06f-d6b4f0be2390`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).