---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 25-03.2-01, 25-03.2-03, and 25-03.2-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensure of a psychiatric residential treatment facility for children and admission criteria."
description: "Relating to licensure of a psychiatric residential treatment facility for children and admission criteria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1043"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1043 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e54a93f-8c54-4df2-8563-3475a6d148e5"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "559ea442f107c0e32790e3a2a83918c1b0ab78e207b919815d12f232620a928f"
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 1043 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 25-03.2-01, 25-03.2-03, and 25-03.2-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensure of a psychiatric residential treatment facility for children and admission criteria.

Relating to licensure of a psychiatric residential treatment facility for children and admission criteria.

## 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/23-8041-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8041-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8041-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8041-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1043 — **86–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1043 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1043 — **85–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-17** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** Committee Hearing 10:20
- **2023-03-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-06** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e54a93f-8c54-4df2-8563-3475a6d148e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).