---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-06-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the department of health and human services."
description: "Relating to the powers and duties of the department of health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1051"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1051 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1769899-5635-43cb-8c51-dda0a57488e2"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6ed3198f8698726a3edf373f0ef714fd72a8649cfcdadfba1c0333bfda632538"
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 1051 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-06-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the department of health and human services.

Relating to the powers and duties of 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/23-8058-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8058-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8058-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1051 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1051 — **72–20** (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 02:15
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 10:06
- **2023-01-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 20 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-16** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:20
- **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 44 nays 3 `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`
- **2023-03-23** 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/d1769899-5635-43cb-8c51-dda0a57488e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).