---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to contingent fee arrangements."
description: "Relating to contingent fee arrangements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1140 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3550635d-9f73-4aea-9f73-248b5a554341"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1140.html"
source_hash: "d62bcf2306e482e0a7845a41ba8b5cd38a0118dc277682ea0622339d1e19e376"
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 1140 (67) — Relating to contingent fee arrangements.

## 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/21-0612-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0612-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-03-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Returned to House
- **2021-03-11** Signed by President
- **2021-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-19** Signed by Governor 03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3550635d-9f73-4aea-9f73-248b5a554341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).