---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to merging of the state department of health and the department of human services; to repeal sections 26.1‑47‑09 and 26.1‑47‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to air ambulance services; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
description: "Relating to merging of the state department of health and the department of human services; to repeal sections 26.1‑47‑09 and 26.1‑47‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to air ambulance services; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1247"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1247 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19d9c33b-c910-4d1c-ae79-5bb6996586d1"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1247.html"
source_hash: "673240ff7a04926c84030ee3db71ab7305aee656bcb8e6fae9131ba9431151da"
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 1247 (67) — Relating to merging of the state department of health and the department of human services; to repeal sections 26.1‑47‑09 and 26.1‑47‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to air ambulance services; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

## 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/21-0621-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0621-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0621-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0621-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Kreidt — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 21 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-04-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 24 nays 23 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-19** Concurred
- **2021-04-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 25 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor 04/27 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19d9c33b-c910-4d1c-ae79-5bb6996586d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).