---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 35-27-01, 35-27-02, 35-27-03, 35-27-07, 35-27-18, and 35-27-24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a claimant's right to maintain a construction lien for furnishing materials and improvements."
description: "Relating to a claimant's right to maintain a construction lien for furnishing materials and improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1323"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1323 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Claire Cory"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/533b9752-cbcb-47b3-ad50-67eed1c885e1"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "aac64daf036937cdd741375b1803a191642cfb58df15317624765a5e3269154e"
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 1323 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 35-27-01, 35-27-02, 35-27-03, 35-27-07, 35-27-18, and 35-27-24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a claimant's right to maintain a construction lien for furnishing materials and improvements.

Relating to a claimant's right to maintain a construction lien for furnishing materials and improvements.

## 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/23-0760-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0760-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1323 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1323 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Claire Cory — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Jim P. Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 11:20
- **2023-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Returned to House
- **2023-03-27** Signed by President
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/30 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/533b9752-cbcb-47b3-ad50-67eed1c885e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).