---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 13-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to residential mortgage loan servicers; to provide a penalty; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to residential mortgage loan servicers; to provide a penalty; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1068"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1068 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4e5befb-24ef-4fae-a877-cc3eabb6142f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6c69e312e854e213e071789cc47dc4b05b460ec2d9e54e42604a2e18704f3efa"
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 1068 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 13-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to residential mortgage loan servicers; to provide a penalty; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to residential mortgage loan servicers; to provide a penalty; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/23-8088-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8088-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8088-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1068 — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1068 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Industry, Business and Labor — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 02:51
- **2023-01-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-12** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-26** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 18 0 5 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 08:44
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from House
- **2023-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 03:05
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass 4 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 10:08
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 04:10
- **2023-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4e5befb-24ef-4fae-a877-cc3eabb6142f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).