---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 28‑20.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recognition of foreign‑country money judgments; and to repeal chapter 28‑20.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to foreign money judgments."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 28‑20.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recognition of foreign‑country money judgments; and to repeal chapter 28‑20.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to foreign money judgments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2169"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2169 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS", "UNIFORM LAWS", "UNITED STATES - SEE ALSO CONGRESS; PRESIDENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brabandt", "D. Larson", "Hogue", "Klemin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/565f234c-1357-4add-b8de-d15853fbc0df"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2169.html"
source_hash: "5781efa4d34621ee2c532da1a2b1562dfdc8a468be348c6796d4dd18aa7f55dc"
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 2169 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 28‑20.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recognition of foreign‑country money judgments; and to repeal chapter 28‑20.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to foreign money judgments.

## 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/17-0218-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0218-02000.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 84 YEAS, 6 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **84–6** (pass) · lower
- 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 45 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brabandt — primary (person)
- D. Larson — primary (person)
- Hogue — primary (person)
- Klemin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-16** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 8 6 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 6 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Signed by President
- **2017-03-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/30 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/565f234c-1357-4add-b8de-d15853fbc0df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).