---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23-16-01, 50-31-02, 50-31-04, 50-31-05, and 50-31-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensure, inspection, suspension, and revocation of a substance abuse treatment program."
description: "Relating to licensure, inspection, suspension, and revocation of a substance abuse treatment program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1050"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1050 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46de8c7c-05cf-4bc5-8dba-2e71afa903e9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "25d835a17742b74e19b9c69543093378edcdff2ef69962651507ad0771414c12"
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 1050 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23-16-01, 50-31-02, 50-31-04, 50-31-05, and 50-31-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensure, inspection, suspension, and revocation of a substance abuse treatment program.

Relating to licensure, inspection, suspension, and revocation of a substance abuse treatment program.

## 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/23-8050-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8050-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8050-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1050 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1050 — **91–0** (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`
- **2023-01-04** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 10:03
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Returned to House
- **2023-03-10** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46de8c7c-05cf-4bc5-8dba-2e71afa903e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).