---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding prescription drug pricing and the maximum fair price as determined by the federal government."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding prescription drug pricing and the maximum fair price as determined by the federal government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1543"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1543 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Meier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38983efb-0689-4981-9e68-19b793f802d9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "da02fd4f0436e1d126d58ac043fff5ead565ea021b5469d096c360f1813f3882"
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 1543 (69) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding prescription drug pricing and the maximum fair price as determined by the federal government.

## 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/25-1305-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1305-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1543 — **89–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1543 — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1543 — **86–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa Meier — primary (person)
- Dawson Holle — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Gretchen Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Macy Bolinske — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-02-05** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Received from House
- **2025-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2025-03-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-03-18** Concurred
- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by President
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38983efb-0689-4981-9e68-19b793f802d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).