---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 26.1‑26.8 and chapter 26.1‑39.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public adjuster licensing and to contracts between insured homeowners and residential contractors; to amend and reenact subdivision mm of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 26.1‑26.8 and chapter 26.1‑39.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public adjuster licensing and to contracts between insured homeowners and residential contractors; to amend and reenact subdivision mm of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1219"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1219 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CONTRACTORS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc73202-c4ab-4289-bc38-9c8e1a615dc9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1219.html"
source_hash: "cac4c0067eb1fe4f7318e72190d8bda3132fe92f790622950f208a8b0ea83297"
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 1219 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 26.1‑26.8 and chapter 26.1‑39.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public adjuster licensing and to contracts between insured homeowners and residential contractors; to amend and reenact subdivision mm of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks; 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](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0457-03000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0457-03001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0457-03001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0457-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0457-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-01-25** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-28** Amendment adopted
- **2019-01-28** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 18 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 9 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-18** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-03-07** Reported back, do pass 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-12** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2019-03-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to House
- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bc73202-c4ab-4289-bc38-9c8e1a615dc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).