republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/68/hb-1393.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapters 4.1-58, 4.1-59, 4.1-61, and 4.1-62 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grain and seed warehouses, grain buyers, insolvent grain warehousemen, uniform accounting for public elevators and warehouses, and credit-sale contracts indemnity from title 60; to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 41-07-10 and section 51-23-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to cross-references to repealed laws; to repeal chapters 60-02, 60-02.1, 60-04, 60-05, and 60-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grain and seed warehouses, grain buyers, insolvent grain warehousemen, uniform accounting for public elevators and warehouses, and credit-sale contracts indemnity; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
description: "Relating to grain and seed warehouses, grain buyers, insolvent grain warehousemen, uniform accounting for public elevators and warehouses, and credit-sale contracts indemnity from title 60; to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 41‑07‑10 and section 51‑23‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to cross-references to repealed laws; to repeal chapters 60‑02, 60‑02.1, 60‑04, 60‑05, and 60‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grain and seed warehouses, grain buyers, insolvent grain warehousemen, uniform accounting for public elevators and warehouses, and credit-sale contracts indemnity; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1393"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1393 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f383ce82-45f1-43f8-a4fd-815815b60b84"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f442059e835219d578ba0ee3e32f77a18d095595b7ad6073b13bc17fe784606e"
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 1393 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact chapters 4.1-58, 4.1-59, 4.1-61, and 4.1-62 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grain and seed warehouses, grain buyers, insolvent grain warehousemen, uniform accounting for public elevators and warehouses, and credit-sale contracts indemnity from title 60; to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 41-07-10 and section 51-23-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to cross-references to repealed laws; to repeal chapters 60-02, 60-02.1, 60-04, 60-05, and 60-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grain and seed warehouses, grain buyers, insolvent grain warehousemen, uniform accounting for public elevators and warehouses, and credit-sale contracts indemnity; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

Relating to grain and seed warehouses, grain buyers, insolvent grain warehousemen, uniform accounting for public elevators and warehouses, and credit-sale contracts indemnity from title 60; to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 41‑07‑10 and section 51‑23‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to cross-references to repealed laws; to repeal chapters 60‑02, 60‑02.1, 60‑04, 60‑05, and 60‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grain and seed warehouses, grain buyers, insolvent grain warehousemen, uniform accounting for public elevators and warehouses, and credit-sale contracts indemnity; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0494-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0494-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0494-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1393 — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1393 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Johnson — primary (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to House
- **2023-03-23** Signed by President
- **2023-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f383ce82-45f1-43f8-a4fd-815815b60b84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).