---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision d of subsection 3 of section 23-12-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to cigar lounges."
description: "Relating to cigar lounges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1440"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1440 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Ruby"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee6c7128-7316-4897-b7da-ad614da3fb2c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e0672b4b3eef81e01ddf22483d1301743a553e374ddc66ec76b00df2dd9f30d2"
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 1440 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision d of subsection 3 of section 23-12-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to cigar lounges.

Relating to cigar lounges.

## 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/25-0298-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0298-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0298-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0298-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0298-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1440 — **39–6** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1440 — **81–13** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1440 — **75–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Ruby — primary (person)
- Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Wolff — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-01-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 39 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-03-19** Refused to concur
- **2025-03-19** Conference committee appointed Dockter Motschenbacher Dressler
- **2025-03-28** Conference committee appointed Powers Marcellais Rummel
- **2025-04-15** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 39 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by President
- **2025-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee6c7128-7316-4897-b7da-ad614da3fb2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).