---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employer-required COVID-19 vaccinations; to amend and reenact section 23‑12‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to limitations on requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations, antibodies, and post-transmission recovery status; to repeal section 23‑12‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code and section 2 of this Act, relating to limitations on requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations, antibodies, and post-transmission recovery status and employer-required COVID-19 vaccinations; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to employer-required COVID-19 vaccinations; to amend and reenact section 23‑12‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to limitations on requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations, antibodies, and post-transmission recovery status; to repeal section 23‑12‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code and section 2 of this Act, relating to limitations on requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations, antibodies, and post-transmission recovery status and employer-required COVID-19 vaccinations; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1511"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1511 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-08"
last_action: "2021-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45ffd93e-c3f9-4626-ab43-ecbcdf331d81"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/special/bill-overview/bo1511.html"
source_hash: "b9eae01ceecb1526e437c65466fa8170e347a9a3f8638190bdfcffdef9e19473"
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 1511 (67) — Relating to employer-required COVID-19 vaccinations; to amend and reenact section 23‑12‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to limitations on requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations, antibodies, and post-transmission recovery status; to repeal section 23‑12‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code and section 2 of this Act, relating to limitations on requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations, antibodies, and post-transmission recovery status and employer-required COVID-19 vaccinations; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/special/documents/21-1105-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/special/documents/21-1105-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/special/documents/21-1105-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/special/documents/21-1105-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Porter — cosponsor (person)
- Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Wardner — cosponsor (person)
- Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Technical Corrections Committee `introduction`
- **2021-11-09** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-11-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-11** Division of amendment
- **2021-11-11** Division A adopted
- **2021-11-11** Division B adopted
- **2021-11-11** Division C adopted
- **2021-11-11** Division D adopted
- **2021-11-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-11-11** Division of bill
- **2021-11-11** Division A passed `passage`
- **2021-11-11** Division B passed `passage`
- **2021-11-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-11-11** Received from House
- **2021-11-11** Introduced, first reading `introduction`
- **2021-11-12** Engrossment placed on calendar 11 5 0
- **2021-11-12** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-11-12** Amendment adopted
- **2021-11-12** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-11-12** Amendment failed `amendment-failure`
- **2021-11-12** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 33 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-11-12** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-11-12** Concurred
- **2021-11-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-11-12** Signed by President
- **2021-11-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-11-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-12** Signed by Governor 11/12 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 11/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45ffd93e-c3f9-4626-ab43-ecbcdf331d81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).