---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 43-15.3-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibited acts of drug manufacturers; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to prohibited acts of drug manufacturers; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1473"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1473 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon O. Nelson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fc7eaa0-5a52-4a60-8fd6-6665a9459461"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e246321e7a1c99e90bf172f05f4d0ed922dfed6dcdeae22981b94be9df83b5f6"
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 1473 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 43-15.3-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibited acts of drug manufacturers; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to prohibited acts of drug manufacturers; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/25-1047-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1047-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1473 — **71–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1473 — **41–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jon O. Nelson — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Eric J. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Request return from committee
- **2025-01-20** Rereferred to Industry, Business and Labor
- **2025-02-10** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 71 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Returned to House
- **2025-03-27** Signed by President
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fc7eaa0-5a52-4a60-8fd6-6665a9459461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).