republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/hb-1216.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs; to amend and reenact section 26.1-36.6-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to self-insurance health care plans; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date.	Relating to out‑of‑pocket expenses for prescription drugs; to amend and reenact section 26.1‑36.6‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to self‑insurance health care plans; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	HB 1216	North Dakota HB 1216 (69)	bill		enacted	Karen Karls	2	27	4	2025-01-10	2025-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/c53cf7ff-6b25-4193-adb7-c6e19a549cf4	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	f205dd8e489900a24e3491a686fd4b12c77b25e6f376270b71dc299b32c3e0f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1216 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs; to amend and reenact section 26.1-36.6-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to self-insurance health care plans; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to out‑of‑pocket expenses for prescription drugs; to amend and reenact section 26.1‑36.6‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to self‑insurance health care plans; to provide for application; and to provide an effective date.

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

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1216 — 30–14 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1216 — 56–37 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1216 — 69–24 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1216 — 29–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Karen Karls — primary (person)
• Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
• Dwight Kiefert — cosponsor (person)
• Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
• Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-10 Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee introduction
• 2025-01-21 Committee Hearing 03:00
• 2025-01-27 Committee Hearing 02:00
• 2025-02-18 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Amendment failed, placed on calendar amendment-failure
• 2025-02-19 Second reading, passed, yeas 69 nays 24 passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-20 Received from House
• 2025-02-20 Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee introduction
• 2025-03-10 Committee Hearing 11:00
• 2025-03-20 Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 4 1 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-21 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-03-24 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 30 nays 14 passage, reading-2
• 2025-03-24 Reconsidered
• 2025-03-24 Rereferred to Appropriations
• 2025-04-15 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 2 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-16 Rereferred to Appropriations
• 2025-04-18 Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 10 6 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-21 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-04-21 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 29 nays 18 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Returned to House (12)
• 2025-04-24 Concurred
• 2025-04-24 Second reading, passed, yeas 56 nays 37 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-28 Signed by President
• 2025-04-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-04-28 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-01 Signed by Governor 04/29 executive-signature
• 2025-05-02 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c53cf7ff-6b25-4193-adb7-c6e19a549cf4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).