---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to spousal debts."
description: "Relating to spousal debts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1319"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1319 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96162b02-0f3a-4bb2-bc6a-7f7d17d3f5d3"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1319.html"
source_hash: "f77535b7336d76e81ba801d8b718e8ee02f05761feaf82deb9526ad7ae1323de"
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 1319 (67) — Relating to spousal debts.

## 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/21-0654-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0654-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Lefor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2021-01-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-20** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-01-21** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to House
- **2021-03-24** Signed by President
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96162b02-0f3a-4bb2-bc6a-7f7d17d3f5d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).