# North Dakota HB 1062: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-04-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to unreasonable preferences or advantages from public utilities; and to repeal sections 49-04-08, 49-04-09, and 49-04-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulation of common carriers relating to permissible discrimination, long and short hauls, and freight pooling. North Dakota HB 1062, AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-04-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to unreasonable preferences or advantages from public utilities; and to repeal sections 49-04-08, 49-04-09, and 49-04-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulation of common carriers relating to permissible discrimination, long and short hauls, and freight pooling., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by House Energy and Natural Resources; status signed, last action 2025-03-19 (Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-HB1062-202501 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: North Dakota HB 1062 - State: North Dakota - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-04-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to unreasonable preferences or advantages from public utilities; and to repeal sections 49-04-08, 49-04-09, and 49-04-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulation of common carriers relating to permissible discrimination, long and short hauls, and freight pooling. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-07 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 - Sponsor: House Energy and Natural Resources - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (136 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - State rules removed for common carriers: cost, low. The law repeals three North Dakota rules for common carriers, which transport goods or people for the public. The rules covered permitted discrimination, long- and short-distance hauls, and freight pooling. The repeal removes those state rules but sets no specific customer price or service change. - Fewer traffic-based protections for utility customers: cost, low. North Dakota law no longer expressly bars unfair utility treatment based on the type of traffic carried. Utilities still cannot unfairly favor or disadvantage people, businesses, places, or types of service. They must charge equally for like services provided at the same time under the same or subs… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: House Energy and Natural Resources ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 | pass | 46 | 1 | | | 2025-01-17 | House | Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 | pass | 90 | 0 | | ## Actions (15) - 2025-03-19: Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 (House) - 2025-03-18: Signed by Governor 03/14 (House) - 2025-03-13: Sent to Governor (House) - 2025-03-13: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-03-12: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Returned to House (House) - 2025-03-07: Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Committee Hearing 09:00 (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Received from House (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 (House) - 2025-01-16: Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 (House) - 2025-01-16: Committee Hearing 02:00 (House) - 2025-01-07: Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee (House) ## Bill text - Enrollment: [PDF](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8064-02000.pdf) - INTRODUCED: [PDF](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8064-01000.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 1229: AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39-06.1-06 and section 39-10-71.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to statuto… (signed) - SB 2390: AN ACT to create and enact three new sections to chapter 54-40.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a rural catalyst committee, grant program, and f… (signed) - HB 1298: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 39-06.1-06, 39-09-02, 39-09-04, and 39-09-07.1, and subsection 2 of section 40-05-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, rel… (signed) - SB 2113: AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to certified community behavioral health clinics and th… (signed) - SB 2147: AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 15-10-38.4, a new subsection to section 15-62.4-03, a new section to chapter 15-62.4, and a new subsecti… (signed) - SB 2018: AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of commerce; to provide an appropriation to the attorney general; to provide an… (signed) ## Sources - [Enrollment (PDF)](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8064-02000.pdf) - [INTRODUCED (PDF)](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8064-01000.pdf) ## Related - [HB 1229: AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39-06.1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-HB1229-202501) - [SB 2390: AN ACT to create and enact three new sections to chapter 54-40.1 of the North D…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2390-202501) - [HB 1298: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 39-06.1-06, 39-09-02, 39-09-04, and 39-09-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-HB1298-202501) - [SB 2113: AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakot…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2113-202501) - [SB 2147: AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 15-10-38.4, a new subsec…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2147-202501) - [SB 2018: AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2018-202501) - [North Dakota bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/north-dakota/bills) - [North Dakota state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/north-dakota) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-HB1062-202501 (as of 2026-10-19).