---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 and a new section to chapter 40-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services."
description: "Relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1234"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1234 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pat D. Heinert"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf1ba56c-28a7-4480-9ccd-695174e159b6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7b43156e8c74c02a51bddd3ee39b3ea6030ff3f40a12aa1a2b716c1d5b7668b8"
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 1234 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 and a new section to chapter 40-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services.

Relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services.

## 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/23-0790-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0790-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0790-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1234 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1234 — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pat D. Heinert — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-12** Rereferred to Energy and Natural Resources
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:20
- **2023-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **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 Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Returned to House
- **2023-03-13** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf1ba56c-28a7-4480-9ccd-695174e159b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).