---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 27‑20‑52 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to inspection of law enforcement and correctional facility records and files of a child by an assistant superintendent or designee of a school."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 27‑20‑52 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to inspection of law enforcement and correctional facility records and files of a child by an assistant superintendent or designee of a school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2053"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2053 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES - SEE ALSO DEPT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION", "JUVENILES - SEE MINORS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Larson", "Nathe", "Owens", "Poolman", "Schaible", "Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/478d4439-d420-4aec-aff3-1764dc07bcf0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2053.html"
source_hash: "02873c4cb4e77ee0aebd264696233c4bc74d24c37b66e113d9c3c39b925f9fde"
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 2053 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 27‑20‑52 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to inspection of law enforcement and correctional facility records and files of a child by an assistant superintendent or designee of a school.

## 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/66-2019/documents/19-0278-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0278-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0278-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0278-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0278-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Larson — primary (person)
- Nathe — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-15** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 78 nays 8 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-18** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-19** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/478d4439-d420-4aec-aff3-1764dc07bcf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).