---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-01-37 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a life safety survey process of any health care facility licensed by the department of health and human services."
description: "Relating to a life safety survey process of any health care facility licensed by the department of health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1045"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1045 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a925927a-86da-4b2e-9fc0-218c0654b2f9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7a9542a33df54ad5c706c04038945e68d0c439860a5b52673f8b6e9830c28694"
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 1045 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-01-37 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a life safety survey process of any health care facility licensed by the department of health and human services.

Relating to a life safety survey process of any health care facility licensed by the department of health and human services.

## 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/23-8044-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8044-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8044-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8044-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1045 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1045 — **90–0** (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`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 03:20
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 10:17
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-13** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 09:40
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 01:40
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:35
- **2023-03-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `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/a925927a-86da-4b2e-9fc0-218c0654b2f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).