---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-28.3-01 and 11-28.3-09, subsections 1 and 2 of section 11-28.3-15, and subsection 2 of section 11-28.3-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to rural ambulance service districts; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to rural ambulance service districts; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1477"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1477 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Hatlestad"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/419d5a21-baed-4079-bf02-13f05ed2b80a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d1d2294af1cfdd6ac407dbdace038507aa15130154a150de277b6525faf885f1"
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 1477 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-28.3-01 and 11-28.3-09, subsections 1 and 2 of section 11-28.3-15, and subsection 2 of section 11-28.3-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to rural ambulance service districts; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to rural ambulance service districts; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/23-0893-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0893-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0893-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0893-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1477 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1477 — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick Hatlestad — primary (person)
- Bert Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Clayton Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Donald W. Longmuir — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-20** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 03:50
- **2023-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Amendment adopted
- **2023-02-08** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 08:38
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 05:10
- **2023-02-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 02:20
- **2023-03-24** Reported back without recommendation 6 0 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-24** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 11:45
- **2023-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-11** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed K. Anderson Weisz Davis
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Estenson Barta Cleary
- **2023-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate recede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate recede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor 04/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-29** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/419d5a21-baed-4079-bf02-13f05ed2b80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).