---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to access to hospital care."
description: "Relating to access to hospital care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1502"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1502 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff A. Hoverson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07ce79c4-c587-4689-81b6-fc44c7b03583"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "82a828dd2d932a8a4f3257ca1d8b17cce0e6cb3efdae8487de73845f15997325"
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 1502 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to access to hospital care.

Relating to access to hospital care.

## 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/23-1051-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1051-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1051-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1502 — **27–17** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1502 — **87–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff A. Hoverson — primary (person)
- Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Henderson — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bellew — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Heilman — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Dyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 04:34
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-13** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 05:00
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 02:46
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-29** Reported back without recommendation 6 0 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 27 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Governor 04/07 `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/07ce79c4-c587-4689-81b6-fc44c7b03583`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).