---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of contract nursing agencies."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of contract nursing agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1476"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1476 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alisa Mitskog"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b5470cb-7e5a-4ab1-855d-67a557b3efa7"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3be2e5888f5fa73dea061730654c1b4118c242640489e3214befb9010fe3b423"
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 1476 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of contract nursing agencies.

## 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/23-1030-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1030-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1030-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1476 — **26–20** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1476 — **88–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alisa Mitskog — primary (person)
- Gary Kreidt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 05:00
- **2023-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 5 `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 09:45
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 02:52
- **2023-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 3 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 26 nays 20 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Returned to House
- **2023-03-28** Signed by President
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/30 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b5470cb-7e5a-4ab1-855d-67a557b3efa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).