---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-36-01, 57-36-02, 57-36-04, 57-36-05, 57-36-09, and 57-36-09.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensing requirements and the sale of electronic smoking devices; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to licensing requirements and the sale of electronic smoking devices; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1412"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1412 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alisa Mitskog"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9179cf6f-1e80-4a36-babd-2a4f732cccce"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2e075ebe9ddec2f5c647896f5b37f8d7d84e97c8a9019d1add44b953133e6a1f"
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 1412 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-36-01, 57-36-02, 57-36-04, 57-36-05, 57-36-09, and 57-36-09.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensing requirements and the sale of electronic smoking devices; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to licensing requirements and the sale of electronic smoking devices; 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/23-0908-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0908-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1412 — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1412 — **58–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alisa Mitskog — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 03:08
- **2023-02-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 3 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 58 nays 35 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** 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/9179cf6f-1e80-4a36-babd-2a4f732cccce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).