---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37-15-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of basic and long-term care to service members and veterans."
description: "Relating to the provision of basic and long-term care to service members and veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1389"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1389 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karla Rose Hanson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37518fe0-d620-4da1-86f6-95819bf91b5c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "90970402e7fd2686a78443a450931f655ef1b0e291407008b2bdba518c02944e"
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 1389 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37-15-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of basic and long-term care to service members and veterans.

Relating to the provision of basic and long-term care to service members and veterans.

## 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/23-0419-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0419-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1389 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1389 — **90–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karla Rose Hanson — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Dwight Kiefert — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Wobbema — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 02:58
- **2023-02-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Returned to House
- **2023-03-20** Signed by President
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37518fe0-d620-4da1-86f6-95819bf91b5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).