---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of unfair service agreements."
description: "Relating to the prohibition of unfair service agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1188"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1188 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Louser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bbfb3b8-4697-4d36-accd-8e82a6f0bc2b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "36c45d0d0fb9bdb4a8b38a8d41ffce9fca425c245dc2d48707f87473fb7f9646"
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 1188 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of unfair service agreements.

Relating to the prohibition of unfair service agreements.

## 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/23-0650-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0650-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1188 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1188 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Louser — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-19** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Returned to House
- **2023-03-20** Signed by President
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bbfb3b8-4697-4d36-accd-8e82a6f0bc2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).