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IntroducedSep 01, 2026
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Passed HouseSep 03, 2026
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Passed SenateSep 04, 2026
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Became LawSep 04, 2026
North Dakota House Bill
AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12-60-24, subdivision lll of subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-05, and chapter 51-38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks, the scheduling of kratom alkaloid derivatives as a schedule I controlled substance, and the regulation of kratom products; to amend and reenact sections 12.1-31-03 and 19-03.1-22.3, and subsection 7 of section 19-03.1-23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to penalties for the use and possession of kratom alkaloid derivatives and the sale of kratom to individuals under twenty-one years of age; to provide a penalty; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.
Last Action See all actions
House • Sep 04, 2026: Signed by Governor 09/04
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 1628
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
Actions
- Sep 04, 2026 | House
- Signed by Speaker
- Sent to Governor
- Signed by Governor 09/04
- Sep 04, 2026 | Senate
- Signed by President
- Sep 04, 2026 | House
- Concurred
- Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 2
- Returned to House (12)
- Sep 04, 2026 | Senate
- Amendment proposed on floor
- Amendment adopted
- Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0
- Sep 03, 2026 | Senate
- Received from House
- Introduced, first reading, referred to Joint Policy
- Reported back amended, do pass, engrossment placed on calendar 7 1 0
- Sep 03, 2026 | House
- Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 6
- Sep 02, 2026 | House
- Introduced, first reading, referred to Joint Policy
- Committee Hearing 10:30 (Joint Policy)
- Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 1 1
- Sep 02, 2026 | legislature
- Bill Hearing, Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM, Room Pioneer - Relating to the regulation of kratom products and the sale of kratom to individuals under twenty‑one years of age.
- Sep 01, 2026 | legislature
- Bill Hearing, Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 2:00 PM, Room Roughrider - Relating to the regulation of kratom products; to amend and reenact section 12.1-31-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the sale of kratom to individuals under twenty-one years of age; to provide a penalty; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.
Documents
- Legislative HistoryPDF
- Fiscal Note (INTRODUCED)PDF
- Fiscal Note (FIRST ENGROSSMENT)PDF
- Fiscal Note (FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments)PDF
- Video - House Joint Policy, 09/02 12:52 PM (HB 1628)
- Video - House, 09/03 08:40 AM (6th Order - Consideration Of Amendments - HB1628 - Joint Policy - Do Pass)
- Video - House, 09/03 08:41 AM (11th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1628 - Joint Policy - Do Pass)
- Video - House, 09/03 08:43 AM (Representative Heinert)
- Video - House, 09/03 08:53 AM (Representative Koppelman)
- Video - House, 09/03 08:55 AM (Representative Murphy)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:00 AM (Representative Davis)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:02 AM (Representative Johnston)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:04 AM (Representative Klemin)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:10 AM (Representative Frelich)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:11 AM (Representative VanWinkle)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:12 AM (Representative Hanson)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:14 AM (Representative Vigesaa)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:16 AM (Representative Murphy)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:18 AM (Representative D. Ruby)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:19 AM (Representative Wolff)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:20 AM (Representative Heinert)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:21 AM (Representative Frelich)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:21 AM (Representative Klemin)
- Video - House, 09/03 09:22 AM (11th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1628 - Joint Policy - Do Pass - Votes Required 48: PASSED - Yea 86 Nay 6 N/V 2 Exc 0)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:39 AM (14th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1628 - Joint Policy - Do Pass)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:40 AM (Senator Axtman)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:42 AM (6th Order - Consideration Of Amendments - HB1628 - Joint Policy - Floor Amendment)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:43 AM (14th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1628 - Joint Policy - Do Pass)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:43 AM (Senator Axtman)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:47 AM (14th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1628 - Joint Policy)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:50 AM (Senator Castaneda)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:51 AM (Senator Axtman)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:52 AM (Senator Meyer)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:52 AM (Senator Axtman)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:53 AM (Senator Myrdal)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:53 AM (Senator Klein)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:54 AM (Senator Enget)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:56 AM (Senator Magrum)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:57 AM (Senator Axtman)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:57 AM (Senator Magrum)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:58 AM (Senator Klein)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 09:59 AM (Senator Dever)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 10:02 AM (Senator Myrdal)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 10:03 AM (Senator Lee)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 10:06 AM (Senator Dever)
- Video - Senate, 09/04 10:07 AM (14th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1628 - Joint Policy - Votes Required 24: PASSED - Yea 46 Nay 0 N/V 1 Exc 0)
- Video - House, 09/04 10:51 AM (11th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1628 - Joint Policy - Do Pass)
- Video - House, 09/04 10:53 AM (Representative Heinert)
- Video - House, 09/04 10:55 AM (11th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1628 - Joint Policy - Do Pass - Votes Required 48: PASSED - Yea 91 Nay 2 N/V 1 Exc 0)
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Misty Brown, Self (Self), Thornton, CO (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Misty Brown, Self (Self), Thornton, CO (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (Neutral) -- Jacqualine Gervais, Ridge Treatment and Reentry Center (Founder and CEO), Fargo, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Jennifer Gillis, Arlington, TN (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Lora Romney, Salt Lake City, UT (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Jessica Sabo, LANGDON, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Chad Corral, Round Rock, TX (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Jef J. Reagan, Gloucester, VA (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Taylor Norman, Lakewood, OH (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (Neutral) -- Carla J. Couture, NA (NA), Williston, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Ashley Davidson, Hull, MA (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Opposition) -- Ashley Labanca, (Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- megan Zamorano, Philadelphia, PA (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Sean T. Rhinhart, Wales, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Julianna M. Blanton, Denison, TX (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Michael D. Connelly, Bismarck Citizen / Elected Official (Citizen / Elected Official testifying my own persptective), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Deborah Chesney, Clinton, TN (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Tara Moray, Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Cheryl R. scher, SOUTH RIVER, NJ (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Melody E. Woolf, Kalamazoo, MI (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Timothy S. Amundson, Williston, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Jane D. Winston, private citizen, Fargo, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Jenni L. Olds, Greensboro, NC (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Dawn Avellis, Bowling green, KY (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Connie E. Sanford, Madera, CA (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Stephen C. McIntosh, San Bernardino Co., CA (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Michael E. Fasano, Orland Park, IL (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Kathleen Dinsmore, Olive Bridge, NY (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Kathryn Magliaro, Salem, MA (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Shannon Hareld, Somerset, MA (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Jacob Thomsen, North Dakota Family Alliance Legislative Action (Director of Public Policy), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Scott Meske, American Kratom Association (Lobbyist), BISMARCK, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Scott Meske, American Kratom Association (Lobbyist), BISMARCK, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (Neutral) -- Javayne Oyloe, Upper Missouri District Health Unit (Executive Officer), Williston, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Danielle Thurtle, Sanford Health (Pediatric Hospitalist), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Sherry L. Adams, NDHHS (State Health Officer), Dickinson, OT (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- David A. Tamisiea, North Dakota Catholic Conference (Executive Director), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (Neutral) -- Heidi Sykora, International Plant and Herbal Alliance (Chief Scientific Officer), Salt Lake City, UT (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Venus Usher, New Castle, DE (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Brenda Cain, Fargo, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- sharlet mohr, Williston, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Tracy K. Miller, ND Health and Human Services (ND Health and Human Services), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Mac Haddow, American Kratom Association (Director), Gainsville, VA (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Opposition) -- Chelsea A. Ridge, Williston, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Molly A. Howell, ND HHS (Director of Disease Control and Forensic Pathology), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Alex S. Kelsch, Global Kratom Coalition (Lobbyist), Mandan, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (Neutral) -- Parag Kumar, ND Medical Association (President), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (Neutral) -- Mary Korsmo, NDSACCHO (NDSACCHO), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (Neutral) -- Lindsey Harriman, On behalf of the Williams County Commission, Williston, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Michael Rud, NDPMA/NDRA (NDPMA/NDRA), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Opposition) -- Alexis O. Newton, Elevate Vapor (Owner), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Opposition) -- Cameron Drylie, Fargo, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Pat Heinert, NDLA (Representative), Bismarck, ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Andrew Bakke, (Emergency Physician), ND (Special Ad Hoc Policy Committee, 09/01 02:00 PM)PDF
- Testimony (In Opposition) -- Howard H, Fargo, ND (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Dana Avedisian, Greenup, KY (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Missy Henke, Heartview Foundation (Chief Medical Officer), Bismarck, ND (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Alex Kelsch, Global Kratom Coalition (Lobbyist), Mandan, ND (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Alex Kelsch, Global Kratom Coalition (Lobbyist), Mandan, ND (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Alex Kelsch, Global Kratom Coalition (Lobbyist), Mandan, ND (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Alex Kelsch, Global Kratom Coalition (Lobbyist), Mandan, ND (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Alex Kelsch, Global Kratom Coalition (Lobbyist), Mandan, ND (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Brittany Sefton, Milford, MI (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Judith Newcomb, Minot, ND (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF
- Testimony (In Favor) -- Patrick Heinert, ND Legislative Assembloy (Representative), Bismarck, ND (Joint Policy, 09/02 10:30 AM)PDF

