---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14-05-24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to spousal support; and to provide for application."
description: "Relating to spousal support; and to provide for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1037"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1037 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25d91833-03e9-41c3-95ef-7c062f9c803c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6ec2830cbcde729c13f15e694084f53b650909d28f1cabd496861266938bf0e4"
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 1037 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14-05-24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to spousal support; and to provide for application.

Relating to spousal support; and to provide for application.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0117-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0117-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0117-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1037 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1037 — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-01-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-10** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 08:45
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 09:32
- **2023-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Returned to House
- **2023-03-28** Signed by President
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/30 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25d91833-03e9-41c3-95ef-7c062f9c803c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).