---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 50-24.8-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Medicaid fraud retention of records requirements; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to Medicaid fraud retention of records requirements; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1435"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1435 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Beltz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6a3e549-bce0-4bf6-84ae-e421634ffcca"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9000020af88b8e3e9a353a2b6d2405117577e4bd607e7ff86e9f780c04ba58d2"
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 1435 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact section 50-24.8-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Medicaid fraud retention of records requirements; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to Medicaid fraud retention of records requirements; 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/23-0948-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0948-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0948-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1435 — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1435 — **89–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Beltz — primary (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-18** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 03:10
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 03:50
- **2023-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from House
- **2023-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:22
- **2023-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17** 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 03/22 `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/f6a3e549-bce0-4bf6-84ae-e421634ffcca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).