---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑18‑15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transfer to district court."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑18‑15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transfer to district court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2132"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2132 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS", "MUNICIPAL COURT - SEE COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Hogue", "Maragos", "Toman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95c5d6e5-7e22-4351-9712-0a4d716ee0c5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2132.html"
source_hash: "1b97ff20690f9ba80b1b118e17531b5eb596f8fc48a0f33953407cb395059ac3"
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 2132 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑18‑15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transfer to district court.

## 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/65-2017/documents/17-0550-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0550-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 92 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Hogue — primary (person)
- Maragos — primary (person)
- Toman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-01-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-01-13** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-14** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2017-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 2 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-20** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Signed by President
- **2017-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor 03/24 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95c5d6e5-7e22-4351-9712-0a4d716ee0c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).