republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/67/hb-1465.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to freedom of choice for health care services.for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 23‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vaccine information; to amend and reenact section 26.1-36-09.15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to coverage of telehealth services; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to freedom of choice for health care services.for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 23‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vaccine information; to amend and reenact section 26.1-36-09.15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to coverage of telehealth services; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1465"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1465 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a58141c-021e-4688-9729-444f945718a4"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1465.html"
source_hash: "b88c4933496cf45b962d98c3e14e76712878ef64fcc41e66c95b06bb88f9a8ba"
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 1465 (67) — Relating to freedom of choice for health care services.for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 23‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vaccine information; to amend and reenact section 26.1-36-09.15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to coverage of telehealth services; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/21-0988-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0988-08000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0988-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0988-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0988-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Weisz — cosponsor (person)
- Westlind — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-03** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 70 nays 22 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Received from House
- **2021-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2021-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-08** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 29 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-19** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-19** Conference committee appointed Westlind Beltz Devlin
- **2021-04-19** Conference committee appointed Anderson Lee Hogan
- **2021-04-22** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-23** Conference committee report rejected
- **2021-04-26** New conference committee appointed Westlind Beltz Devlin
- **2021-04-26** Appoint Rep. Weisz to replace Rep. Devlin on conference committee
- **2021-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 14, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-29** Signed by President
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Governor 05/07 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a58141c-021e-4688-9729-444f945718a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).