---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑03‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to patrolmen being deemed probationary employees for a period of up to twelve months; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 39‑03‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the power of the superintendent to delegate authority for disciplinary action within the highway patrol."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑03‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to patrolmen being deemed probationary employees for a period of up to twelve months; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 39‑03‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the power of the superintendent to delegate authority for disciplinary action within the highway patrol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2103"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2103 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAY PATROL", "HIGHWAY PATROL", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; STATE EMPLOY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government and Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/480edb99-e780-4c76-a7bd-bc80cdd9f4df"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2103.html"
source_hash: "0cc1fe6fe9b8401cbc091439dc0915dc42db96f179851f190072bacf4b1bb878"
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 2103 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑03‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to patrolmen being deemed probationary employees for a period of up to twelve months; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 39‑03‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the power of the superintendent to delegate authority for disciplinary action within the highway patrol.

## 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/19-8079-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8079-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Government and Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-04** Committee Hearing 10:20
- **2019-01-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-09** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-03-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 1 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-15** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-18** Signed by President
- **2019-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Governor 03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/480edb99-e780-4c76-a7bd-bc80cdd9f4df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).