---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 50-33-02 and 50-33-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to early childhood services and child care assistance; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to early childhood services and child care assistance; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1540 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily O'Brien"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-17"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca8b44f8-751c-47fa-b6b0-97a356ce4981"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1887bb49182d7af3c67a2af593d578e6cfebfee8ffe6cd7079d3e32bec750db7"
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 1540 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 50-33-02 and 50-33-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to early childhood services and child care assistance; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to early childhood services and child care assistance; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/23-1130-05000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1130-08000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1130-06000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1130-07000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1540 — **63–27** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1540 — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1540 — **62–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily O'Brien — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Curt Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-04-19** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-04-19** Committee Hearing 10:29
- **2023-04-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 5 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 62 nays 29 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-21** Received from House
- **2023-04-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Committee Hearing 05:30
- **2023-04-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 30 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-27** Concurred
- **2023-04-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 63 nays 27 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca8b44f8-751c-47fa-b6b0-97a356ce4981`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).