---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 37-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reimbursement for funeral services; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to reimbursement for funeral services; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1182"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1182 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Ruby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d0931d-1364-445e-8b5b-adc6d243309c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "641b27044888a0b229ce399420f0fd96718d92931591ba60628ccfb487ab6338"
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 1182 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 37-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reimbursement for funeral services; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to reimbursement for funeral services; 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/23-0298-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0298-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0298-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1182 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1182 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew Ruby — primary (person)
- Bob Martinson — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bellew — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 03:27
- **2023-01-20** Reported back, do pass 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 05:00
- **2023-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 23 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-17** Reported back, do pass 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 11:11
- **2023-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `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/d2d0931d-1364-445e-8b5b-adc6d243309c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).