---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43‑17 and a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the interstate medical licensure compact and the payment of fees under the compact."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43‑17 and a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the interstate medical licensure compact and the payment of fees under the compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2173"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2173 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "LICENSES - SEE ALSO DRIVERS; MOTOR VEHICLES", "MEDICAL SERVICES - SEE ALSO DRUGS; HEALTH; SAFETY", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "J. Lee", "Lefor", "Mathern", "Schneider", "Westlind"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b5ba64e-8fbc-431a-8102-b762f4e6dfb0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2173.html"
source_hash: "7bbff52ff50e1463ddd4e5c0f3894d8a3777c1815903788734cfd14a16aed35c"
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 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43‑17 and a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the interstate medical licensure compact and the payment of fees under the compact.

## 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/19-0574-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0574-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0574-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0574-03000.pdf)
5. **SENATE BILL NO. 2173 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0574-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Mathern — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)
- Westlind — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2019-01-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2019-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 3 `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/8b5ba64e-8fbc-431a-8102-b762f4e6dfb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).