---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to immunity from civil actions for firearm or ammunition manufacturers."
description: "Relating to immunity from civil actions for firearm or ammunition manufacturers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1396"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1396 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/767732d7-a48f-41ee-a243-34d80373cb76"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1396.html"
source_hash: "25582c6147a924da112236d0569d4cecead259cee09407b443e48b3887ce648e"
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 1396 (67) — Relating to immunity from civil actions for firearm or ammunition manufacturers.

## 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/21-0871-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0871-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0871-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0871-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Porter — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Toman — cosponsor (person)
- Vedaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-02-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Received from House
- **2021-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-15** Concurred
- **2021-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by President
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/767732d7-a48f-41ee-a243-34d80373cb76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).