---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 4.1‑31‑05.1 and a new section to chapter 19‑02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to misrepresenting nonmeat as a meat food product; to amend and reenact section 4.1‑31‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of meat and the nomenclature of edible meat products; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact section 4.1‑31‑05.1 and a new section to chapter 19‑02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to misrepresenting nonmeat as a meat food product; to amend and reenact section 4.1‑31‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of meat and the nomenclature of edible meat products; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1400"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1400 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "FOOD", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "D. Johnson", "Magrum", "Meier", "Rohr", "Satrom", "Schaible", "Schmidt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9751382-f7de-4696-ba9f-72879b775260"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1400.html"
source_hash: "f42dc4c650d350c0b26e59ea2ff467f5961ed34de2447178d17b01e721cce87e"
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 1400 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact section 4.1‑31‑05.1 and a new section to chapter 19‑02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to misrepresenting nonmeat as a meat food product; to amend and reenact section 4.1‑31‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of meat and the nomenclature of edible meat products; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/19-0356-05000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Agriculture Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0356-05001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Agriculture Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0356-05001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0356-07000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0356-06000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- Magrum — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)
- Rohr — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-02-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-11** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-05** Returned to House
- **2019-03-06** Signed by President
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-13** Signed by Governor 03/12 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9751382-f7de-4696-ba9f-72879b775260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).