---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibitions on political subdivisions regulating paid family leave."
description: "Relating to prohibitions on political subdivisions regulating paid family leave."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1398"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1398 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/775ab8e3-ba7d-42a3-9f85-1ea314d23624"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1398.html"
source_hash: "3bb3784290daa0489b6134c5f91cf7fe1afb539b07b604e2d3129c5808c4f7d9"
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 1398 (67) — Relating to prohibitions on political subdivisions regulating paid family leave.

## 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/21-0803-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0803-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Strinden — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-04** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-02-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Received from House
- **2021-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Returned to House
- **2021-03-10** Signed by President
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/775ab8e3-ba7d-42a3-9f85-1ea314d23624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).