---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-66 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legislative assembly conflict of interest rules; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to legislative assembly conflict of interest rules; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1485"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1485 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Kasper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ad7e516-4b5c-47c7-8bd3-1088a6b927fc"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "5485988bc0b04429a6ec4963f9a508e81e7e3a01d6e72a91cfd122675338dd5a"
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 1485 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-66 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legislative assembly conflict of interest rules; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to legislative assembly conflict of interest rules; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-0808-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0808-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0808-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1485 — **41–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1485 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Kasper — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-02-20** Committee Hearing 10:56
- **2023-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 5, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to House
- **2023-04-03** Signed by President
- **2023-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Governor 04/06 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ad7e516-4b5c-47c7-8bd3-1088a6b927fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).