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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 23‑49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hospital discharge policies."
+description: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 23‑49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hospital discharge policies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "66"
+identifier: "SB 2154"
+citation: "North Dakota SB 2154 (66)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH", "HEALTH", "HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "HOSPITALS - SEE ALSO STATE HOSPITAL", "HOSPITALS - SEE ALSO STATE HOSPITAL"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Dever", "Dobervich", "Hogan", "Meier", "Poolman"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2019-01-03"
+last_action: "2019-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73dddf87-01ec-45cd-a9ea-888b5d75a371"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2154.html"
+source_hash: "57731236921ecd1d12722159eccc09bed53a7cbddef42f1e6ce34f77c4a880b9"
+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 SB 2154 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 23‑49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hospital discharge policies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0699-01000.pdf)
+2. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0699-01001a.pdf)
+3. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0699-01001m.pdf)
+4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0699-04000.pdf)
+5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0699-03000.pdf)
+6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0699-02000.pdf)
+7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0699-01002a.pdf)
+8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0699-01002m.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beadle — primary (person)
+- Dever — primary (person)
+- Dobervich — primary (person)
+- Hogan — primary (person)
+- Meier — primary (person)
+- Poolman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
+- **2019-01-15** Committee Hearing 11:00
+- **2019-02-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-13** Rereferred to Human Services
+- **2019-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
+- **2019-02-18** Received from Senate
+- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
+- **2019-03-05** Committee Hearing 09:15
+- **2019-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 58 nays 33 `reading-2, passage`
+- **2019-03-13** Returned to Senate
+- **2019-03-14** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-03-15** Signed by President
+- **2019-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73dddf87-01ec-45cd-a9ea-888b5d75a371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+