---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 50-11-00.1, 50-11-01, 50-11-01.5, 50-11-01.6, 50-11-02, 50-11-02.1, 50-11-02.2, 50-11-03, 50-11-03.2, 50-11-03.3, 50-11-03.4, 50-11-03.5, 50-11-04, 50-11-04.2, 50-11-05, 50-11-06.7, 50-11-07, 50-11-08, and 50-11-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to family foster care for children licenses, certifications, and approvals, and identified and kinship relatives; and to provide for a report to legislative management."
description: "Relating to family foster care for children licenses, certifications, and approvals, and identified and kinship relatives; and to provide for a report to legislative management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1091"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1091 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23ee9e62-7a2f-4440-97e1-58dd4b2f54c9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7aabfa0a398d4a269b5c834261d337e88dff5515d27fef8b9f0b6e604808b840"
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 1091 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 50-11-00.1, 50-11-01, 50-11-01.5, 50-11-01.6, 50-11-02, 50-11-02.1, 50-11-02.2, 50-11-03, 50-11-03.2, 50-11-03.3, 50-11-03.4, 50-11-03.5, 50-11-04, 50-11-04.2, 50-11-05, 50-11-06.7, 50-11-07, 50-11-08, and 50-11-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to family foster care for children licenses, certifications, and approvals, and identified and kinship relatives; and to provide for a report to legislative management.

Relating to family foster care for children licenses, certifications, and approvals, and identified and kinship relatives; and to provide for a report to legislative management.

## 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/23-8056-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8056-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1091 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1091 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1091 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 02:15
- **2023-01-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `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 10:30
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-03-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-13** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** 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`
- **2023-04-12** 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/23ee9e62-7a2f-4440-97e1-58dd4b2f54c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).