---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-12-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to cigar lounges."
description: "Relating to cigar lounges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1229"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1229 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Ruby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f897ad0-eb93-434c-b4d0-8fe7f1b9e993"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ed9ab6d70a558fe976de28a609bc276fb8e2acfa5ec53f966b52eed1bf509411"
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 1229 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-12-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to cigar lounges.

Relating to cigar lounges.

## 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/23-0331-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0331-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1229 — **64–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1229 — **25–22** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1229 — **59–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Ruby — primary (person)
- Cole Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Nico Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 59 nays 32 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 01:45
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:20
- **2023-03-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 3 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 25 nays 22 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 64 nays 26 `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/1f897ad0-eb93-434c-b4d0-8fe7f1b9e993`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).