---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37-01-44 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the reimbursement of certain medical expenses for North Dakota national guard members; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the reimbursement of certain medical expenses for North Dakota national guard members; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1078"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1078 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d876cf8b-20d0-4409-9aa2-a2acfda2d88d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "80e968a91b06de915d168822bb6c11669ff03925b645aab177fac7ee83b4f5f6"
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 1078 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37-01-44 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the reimbursement of certain medical expenses for North Dakota national guard members; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the reimbursement of certain medical expenses for North Dakota national guard members; 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/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8104-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8104-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1078 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1078 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Government and Veterans Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20** Received from House
- **2025-02-05** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Request return from committee
- **2025-02-21** Rereferred to Agriculture and Veterans Affairs
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2025-03-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to House
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d876cf8b-20d0-4409-9aa2-a2acfda2d88d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).