---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 26.1-19-03 and 26.1-43-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legal expense insurance plans."
description: "Relating to legal expense insurance plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1189 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Louser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e592889a-d2d1-43ea-96fd-11299850c5da"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8a674550c23e88becb935ee7e3870e605c3b204685141d4441f72c55d708bee8"
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 1189 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 26.1-19-03 and 26.1-43-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legal expense insurance plans.

Relating to legal expense insurance plans.

## 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/23-0689-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0689-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1189 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1189 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott Louser — primary (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary Ista — 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
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 02:55
- **2023-01-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Request return from committee
- **2023-03-03** Rereferred to Industry and Business
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 11:40
- **2023-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Returned to House
- **2023-03-24** Signed by President
- **2023-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e592889a-d2d1-43ea-96fd-11299850c5da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).