---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 43-17.3-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of licensee eligible for participation in the physician health program."
description: "Relating to the definition of licensee eligible for participation in the physician health program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1039"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1039 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d5963c3-3dc4-43a2-95d7-c8572f50832a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7abc8c54b836c5202b2878b2246826befcd88be1ad2058f6a4e088309d6c6eb1"
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 1039 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 43-17.3-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of licensee eligible for participation in the physician health program.

Relating to the definition of licensee eligible for participation in the physician health program.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8001-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8001-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1039 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1039 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Committee Hearing 03:40
- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20** Received from House
- **2025-02-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2025-02-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Returned to House
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d5963c3-3dc4-43a2-95d7-c8572f50832a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).