---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to duration limits for opioid therapy and benzodiazepine; and to provide for application."
description: "Relating to duration limits for opioid therapy and benzodiazepine; and to provide for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1139"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1139 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/068b98bd-892a-4b0f-8926-88d9794fc54b"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1139.html"
source_hash: "03612e369254185a24718ccde2d27c3280406d72d2225c532ba1cfb26ba0b42a"
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 1139 (67) — Relating to duration limits for opioid therapy and benzodiazepine; and to provide for application.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0646-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0646-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Klein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2021-01-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 64 nays 26 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 38 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Returned to House
- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/31 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/068b98bd-892a-4b0f-8926-88d9794fc54b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).