---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 54-52.1-04.18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public employees retirement system health benefits coverage of prosthetic devices; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to public employees retirement system health benefits coverage of prosthetic devices; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1411"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1411 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44bfb955-841f-443a-a01a-031f12b04de7"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7b854beaa365e20669423ac5000cc3db77986b21afc13c1865e40d70d72c48c6"
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 1411 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact section 54-52.1-04.18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public employees retirement system health benefits coverage of prosthetic devices; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to public employees retirement system health benefits coverage of prosthetic devices; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for application; 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/23-0464-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0464-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0464-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1411 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1411 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Johnson — primary (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-01-25** Reported back, do pass 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 04:18
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Received from House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `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** Committee Hearing 08:42
- **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/44bfb955-841f-443a-a01a-031f12b04de7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).