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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 and a new section to chapter 40-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services."
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description: "Relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
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legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
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session: "68"
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identifier: "HB 1234"
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citation: "North Dakota HB 1234 (68)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pat D. Heinert"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-10"
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last_action: "2023-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf1ba56c-28a7-4480-9ccd-695174e159b6"
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source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
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source_hash: "7b43156e8c74c02a51bddd3ee39b3ea6030ff3f40a12aa1a2b716c1d5b7668b8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
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---
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# North Dakota HB 1234 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 and a new section to chapter 40-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services.
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Relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0790-01000.pdf)
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2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0790-03000.pdf)
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3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0790-02000.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1234 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1234 — **43–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Pat D. Heinert — primary (person)
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- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
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- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
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- Jared Hagert — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
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- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
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- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
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- **2023-01-12** Request return from committee
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- **2023-01-12** Rereferred to Energy and Natural Resources
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- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
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- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:20
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- **2023-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-01-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
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- **2023-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-02-02** Received from House
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- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
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- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
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- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-03-10** Returned to House
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- **2023-03-13** Signed by President
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- **2023-03-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf1ba56c-28a7-4480-9ccd-695174e159b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
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