---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to financial entities use of merchant codes to track firearm and ammunition-related purchases; to provide a penalty; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for a legislative management study."
description: "Relating to financial entities use of merchant codes to track firearm and ammunition-related purchases; to provide a penalty; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for a legislative management study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1487"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1487 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Koppelman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/412a8872-6f9a-433b-8aa7-068912671e46"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7be0d0b514ac65b46c2180ee8ef73749155eb44b95e3a49734cf9cd59909f753"
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 1487 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to financial entities use of merchant codes to track firearm and ammunition-related purchases; to provide a penalty; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for a legislative management study.

Relating to financial entities use of merchant codes to track firearm and ammunition-related purchases; to provide a penalty; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for a legislative management study.

## 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/23-0968-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0968-08000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0968-04000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0968-07000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0968-06000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0968-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487 — **83–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1487 — **81–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Koppelman — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery J. Magrum — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — 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
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from House
- **2023-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 03:18
- **2023-03-23** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-24** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 10:33
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-11** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Koppelman J. Johnson Dakane
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Paulson Myrdal Larson
- **2023-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by President
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/412a8872-6f9a-433b-8aa7-068912671e46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).