---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to classifying a transportation network company driver as an independent contractor."
description: "Relating to classifying a transportation network company driver as an independent contractor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1381"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1381 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitch Ostlie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ffbfc1d-09e7-4391-ae83-cc03b11b8912"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3f595e1f3d81a86a4bc98b6df5231158a77e435969bfdf70791b91b86c2f97ab"
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 1381 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to classifying a transportation network company driver as an independent contractor.

Relating to classifying a transportation network company driver as an independent contractor.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0690-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0690-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0690-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1381 — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1381 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mitch Ostlie — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred to Industry, Business and Labor
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Returned to House
- **2023-03-27** Signed by President
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/30 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ffbfc1d-09e7-4391-ae83-cc03b11b8912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).