republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/68/hb-1279.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact section 65-01-15.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to compensability for cardiac events for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to amend and reenact sections 65-01-15 and 65-01-15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to documentation required for firefighters and law enforcement officers and the presumption of compensability for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency.	Relating to compensability for cardiac events for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to amend and reenact sections 65‑01‑15 and 65‑01‑15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to documentation required for firefighters and law enforcement officers and the presumption of compensability for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	68	HB 1279	North Dakota HB 1279 (68)	bill		enacted	Shannon Roers Jones	3	18	2	2023-01-11	2023-02-07	openstates	ocd-bill/27145f6f-ae34-4d8a-9118-0deee16ee6f3	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json	8c671da4c2d5da03f9a06cf89d60f74f3ab3ea7ebd458d8228f34cdb1b7416ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1279 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact section 65-01-15.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to compensability for cardiac events for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to amend and reenact sections 65-01-15 and 65-01-15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to documentation required for firefighters and law enforcement officers and the presumption of compensability for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to compensability for cardiac events for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to amend and reenact sections 65‑01‑15 and 65‑01‑15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to documentation required for firefighters and law enforcement officers and the presumption of compensability for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to provide for retroactive application; 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
2. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
3. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1279 — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Shannon Roers Jones — primary (person)
• Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
• Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
• Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
• Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee introduction
• 2023-01-26 Committee Hearing 02:00
• 2023-01-27 Committee Hearing 10:15
• 2023-01-31 Committee Hearing 12:00
• 2023-01-31 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-01 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2023-02-01 Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2023-02-01 Received from House
• 2023-02-01 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Workforce Development Committee introduction
• 2023-02-02 Committee Hearing 03:00
• 2023-02-02 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-03 Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2023-02-03 Returned to House
• 2023-02-06 Signed by President
• 2023-02-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2023-02-06 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-02-06 Signed by Governor 02/06 executive-signature
• 2023-02-07 Filed with Secretary Of State 02/06 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27145f6f-ae34-4d8a-9118-0deee16ee6f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).