---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to accumulator adjustment programs."
description: "Relating to accumulator adjustment programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1413"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1413 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Karls"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cbe8b72-a73d-41de-a19c-4eedb89e8b4c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "53aef140548274493b219b091def22860eb31a82f6d00cce4c29e672eb8bef01"
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 1413 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to accumulator adjustment programs.

Relating to accumulator adjustment programs.

## 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/23-0392-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0392-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0392-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0392-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0392-04000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0392-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1413 — **25–21** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1413 — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1413 — **51–40** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1413 — **89–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karen Karls — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Dwight Kiefert — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — 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`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:35
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-08** Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-09** Laid over two legislative days
- **2023-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 51 nays 40 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 04:57
- **2023-03-28** Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 25 nays 21 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed D. Ruby Wagner Ostlie
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed K. Roers Weston Lee
- **2023-04-10** Appoint Sen. Cleary to replace Sen. Lee on conference committee
- **2023-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report rejected
- **2023-04-25** Appoint Rep. Louser to replace Rep. Wagner on conference committee
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/04 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cbe8b72-a73d-41de-a19c-4eedb89e8b4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).