---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 28-21-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to execution of a judgment."
description: "Relating to execution of a judgment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1291"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1291 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Dockter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d8b66b-012b-404c-a134-5b57ff0bf220"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "75d8dc1a570aa764d3d4e64bc872c336d20a5e5a767299e43ef215efcf6e3355"
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 1291 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 28-21-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to execution of a judgment.

Relating to execution of a judgment.

## 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/23-0918-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0918-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1291 — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1291 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Dockter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 03:32
- **2023-02-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `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/c0d8b66b-012b-404c-a134-5b57ff0bf220`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).