---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 30.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to supported decisionmaking, a process for making well-informed, voluntary decisions by methods less restrictive than guardianship or conservatorship."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 30.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to supported decisionmaking, a process for making well-informed, voluntary decisions by methods less restrictive than guardianship or conservatorship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1378"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1378 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "GUARDIANSHIP - SEE ALSO UNIFORM PROBATE CODE", "HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dever", "Dotzenrod", "Heckaman", "Hogan", "J. Nelson", "K. Koppelman", "Karls", "Krebsbach", "Laning", "Magrum", "Rohr", "Satrom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d950133-110a-427c-8be3-406e8bef1924"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1378.html"
source_hash: "dcbde34bde53d2949595649efaa6ba158dbacf6f806cca4b760a2f7c36f16532"
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 1378 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 30.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to supported decisionmaking, a process for making well-informed, voluntary decisions by methods less restrictive than guardianship or conservatorship.

## 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/19-0884-03000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0884-03001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0884-03001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0884-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0884-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dever — primary (person)
- Dotzenrod — primary (person)
- Heckaman — primary (person)
- Hogan — primary (person)
- J. Nelson — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Karls — primary (person)
- Krebsbach — primary (person)
- Laning — primary (person)
- Magrum — primary (person)
- Rohr — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 6 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-07** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-11** Returned to House
- **2019-03-13** Signed by President
- **2019-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Governor 03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d950133-110a-427c-8be3-406e8bef1924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).