---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to method of dental payment options in preferred provider arrangements."
description: "Relating to method of dental payment options in preferred provider arrangements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1471"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1471 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nels Christianson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9be73beb-5762-4d17-abcd-cfbcd1a23f8d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b61e10aa2310bd00d1e5b33fbaa2a947b39aa801718fe616bfc29a84a07351a5"
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 1471 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to method of dental payment options in preferred provider arrangements.

Relating to method of dental payment options in preferred provider arrangements.

## 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/25-1227-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1227-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1227-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1471 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1471 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nels Christianson — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Finley-DeVille — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Ostlie — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-02-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-07** Received from House
- **2025-02-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to House
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9be73beb-5762-4d17-abcd-cfbcd1a23f8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).