---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to rights of health care facility residents to use electronic communication."
description: "Relating to rights of health care facility residents to use electronic communication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1343"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1343 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1535012-2531-4367-a1e8-96f113dfceea"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1343.html"
source_hash: "778ef034f54c5d812b047e27e37bf1dc1c6ec1bd4297b05ae3bca5211bb616cc"
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 1343 (67) — Relating to rights of health care facility residents to use electronic communication.

## 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/21-0801-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0801-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Paur — cosponsor (person)
- Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Vetter — cosponsor (person)
- Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Westlind — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2021-02-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Returned to House
- **2021-03-16** Signed by President
- **2021-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1535012-2531-4367-a1e8-96f113dfceea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).