---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-13-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the wearing of a life preserver while barefoot skiing or surfing; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to the wearing of a life preserver while barefoot skiing or surfing; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1366"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1366 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon O. Nelson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf262fcf-0a3f-4c2e-b003-f4c99f9125a8"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ffc0f7cd908a1eaeeba11ead38313dd8a7b6c08f3405606b59a281ae2bfa4b30"
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 1366 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-13-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the wearing of a life preserver while barefoot skiing or surfing; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to the wearing of a life preserver while barefoot skiing or surfing; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/23-0129-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0129-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0129-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0129-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1366 — **89–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1366 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jon O. Nelson — primary (person)
- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 11:10
- **2023-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Rereferred to Energy and Natural Resources
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 01:45
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 02:05
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Returned to House
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** Signed by Governor 03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/17 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf262fcf-0a3f-4c2e-b003-f4c99f9125a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).