---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to repeal section 23‑01‑03.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the health council."
description: "AN ACT to repeal section 23‑01‑03.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the health council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2173"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2173 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "MEDICAL SERVICES - SEE ALSO DRUGS; HEALTH; SAFETY", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Laning"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c0aaee-853d-40ff-8123-ba5bcd9c4c55"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2173.html"
source_hash: "2a0d61260010ccbcb3d736bf46fd0efb20e799b4f990ad7fd26d78f7edd60582"
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 2173 (65) — AN ACT to repeal section 23‑01‑03.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the health council.

## 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/17-0763-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0763-02000.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 92 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **92–0** (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

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Laning — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 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 Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2017-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-09** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/13 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93c0aaee-853d-40ff-8123-ba5bcd9c4c55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).