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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-54 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state poet laureate."
+description: "Relating to the state poet laureate."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "68"
+identifier: "SB 2338"
+citation: "North Dakota SB 2338 (68)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Karen K. Krebsbach"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-17"
+last_action: "2023-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc08cf2-37de-41b3-8aad-9eab908a4920"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "0bfbddff07e22bfbb8665a74ee39b26fea28349406823d7ad7f18d87698badac"
+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 2338 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-54 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state poet laureate.
+
+Relating to the state poet laureate.
+
+## 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/23-0380-02000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0380-04000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2338 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2338 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2338 — **87–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Karen K. Krebsbach — primary (person)
+- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Merrill Piepkorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Randy A. Burckhard — cosponsor (person)
+- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
+- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 09:30
+- **2023-02-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-14** Received from Senate
+- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 09:00
+- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 01:15
+- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:40
+- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 02:40
+- **2023-03-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2023-03-08** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** Returned to Senate (12)
+- **2023-04-05** Concurred
+- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
+- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bc08cf2-37de-41b3-8aad-9eab908a4920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+