---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to professional transparency for health care practitioners."
description: "Relating to professional transparency for health care practitioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1221"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1221 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pat D. Heinert"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60208cb6-05b1-401d-9aff-60e8d3a8c136"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7cf401e9c41e8a56ba2e4406637dd8d769650b347fbdd1c8211abc76278bbe93"
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 1221 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to professional transparency for health care practitioners.

Relating to professional transparency for health care practitioners.

## 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/23-0587-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0587-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0587-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0587-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1221 — **68–21** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1221 — **73–20** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1221 — **32–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pat D. Heinert — primary (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Schatz — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary Ista — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 03:28
- **2023-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 20 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-03-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 32 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 21 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60208cb6-05b1-401d-9aff-60e8d3a8c136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).