---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 32-03.3-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liability limitations of charitable organizations; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to liability limitations of charitable organizations; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1284"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1284 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandy Pyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1ac5812-dde7-49cb-9ef0-31508d427049"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d585a4566afb9f00c084bfac963b79deadb2e98b295842a1004f162496474562"
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 1284 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 32-03.3-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liability limitations of charitable organizations; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to liability limitations of charitable organizations; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-0330-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0330-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1284 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1284 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandy Pyle — primary (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jim P. Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 02:54
- **2023-02-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 09:19
- **2023-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1ac5812-dde7-49cb-9ef0-31508d427049`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).