---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑18‑06.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the term of a municipal judge; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑18‑06.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the term of a municipal judge; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2178"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2178 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "JUDGES - SEE ALSO COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erbele", "K. Koppelman", "Luick", "Myrdal", "Paur", "Satrom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84e696f2-1c1a-42b1-9c07-91721c9d3e3d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2178.html"
source_hash: "f3ad44a0358902959180219461a119db82acc7be35ff12b8f2f141254a0d1ca7"
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 2178 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑18‑06.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the term of a municipal judge; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/19-0845-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0845-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0845-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Dwyer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0845-01001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Dwyer (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0845-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Erbele — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Luick — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)
- Paur — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-01-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-25** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2019-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-13** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Signed by President
- **2019-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84e696f2-1c1a-42b1-9c07-91721c9d3e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).