---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 27‑20‑44 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to termination of parental rights."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 27‑20‑44 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to termination of parental rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2185"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2185 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bakke", "Boschee", "K. Koppelman", "K. Roers", "Myrdal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cabfe5c1-0b02-48f2-aa3c-208fc27bb589"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2185.html"
source_hash: "954dc2130d667671ea939dd756af0a188803e6f2709d6ad3d75353fc88bf701f"
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 2185 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 27‑20‑44 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to termination of parental rights.

## 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/19-0856-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0856-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bakke — primary (person)
- Boschee — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- K. Roers — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-01-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-17** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Signed by President
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cabfe5c1-0b02-48f2-aa3c-208fc27bb589`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).