---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 27‑20‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to juvenile court."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 27‑20‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to juvenile court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2088"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2088 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "SUPREME COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4817eea2-2542-4e8a-8326-3770d529f87b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2088.html"
source_hash: "ff1da20425c64b3d263cd69b665cf24cfbcb60a90020d83e7d7879c4091f02b7"
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 2088 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 27‑20‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to juvenile 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/66-2019/documents/19-8039-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8039-03000.pdf)
3. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Karls** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8039-01001a.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Karls (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8039-01001m.pdf)
5. **SENATE BILL NO. 2088 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8039-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-01-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-09** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2019-03-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-02** Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-04** Signed by President
- **2019-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4817eea2-2542-4e8a-8326-3770d529f87b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).