---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 47-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibited lease provisions in a contract to lease real property."
description: "Relating to prohibited lease provisions in a contract to lease real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1610"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1610 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Warrey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5e9874c-7674-450f-9af0-ab4ebb294ce0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "da2805addd43e29fdb045ac16f2bd356f6195cf0f022ac43a7413099e9f9b951"
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 1610 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 47-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibited lease provisions in a contract to lease real property.

Relating to prohibited lease provisions in a contract to lease real property.

## 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/25-1276-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1276-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1276-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1610 — **78–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1610 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Warrey — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Jorin Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2025-02-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 78 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-17** Received from House
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Returned to House
- **2025-03-25** Signed by President
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5e9874c-7674-450f-9af0-ab4ebb294ce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).