---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14‑07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of a domestic violence court pilot project; and to amend and reenact section 12‑60‑23, subsection 9 of section 12.1‑31.2‑01, subsections 1 and 3 of section 12.1‑31.2‑02, section 14‑07.1‑02, and subsections 4 and 5 of section 14‑07.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the issuance, transmittal, and registry of protection orders and orders prohibiting contact."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14‑07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of a domestic violence court pilot project; and to amend and reenact section 12‑60‑23, subsection 9 of section 12.1‑31.2‑01, subsections 1 and 3 of section 12.1‑31.2‑02, section 14‑07.1‑02, and subsections 4 and 5 of section 14‑07.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the issuance, transmittal, and registry of protection orders and orders prohibiting contact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2309"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2309 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "CRIME VICTIMS", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blum", "Kreun", "Nelson", "O'Brien", "Poolman", "Unruh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/264fb43d-212d-4ea5-b459-7b27db93b73e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2309.html"
source_hash: "89654552dcc0b18983d1799b5e832f3fbef980c277841e0261df93068ab0ab17"
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 2309 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14‑07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of a domestic violence court pilot project; and to amend and reenact section 12‑60‑23, subsection 9 of section 12.1‑31.2‑01, subsections 1 and 3 of section 12.1‑31.2‑02, section 14‑07.1‑02, and subsections 4 and 5 of section 14‑07.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the issuance, transmittal, and registry of protection orders and orders prohibiting contact.

## 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/17-8163-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8163-02000.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 44 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blum — primary (person)
- Kreun — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2017-02-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 0 0 `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`
- **2017-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/264fb43d-212d-4ea5-b459-7b27db93b73e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).