---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to creation of a drug fatalities review panel."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to creation of a drug fatalities review panel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2196"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2196 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS - SEE ALSO ALCOHOL", "HEALTH", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "J. Lee", "Tveit"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbd1a635-6101-437c-92aa-6f16edcfc997"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2196.html"
source_hash: "e30bbd5ee3cdd3131cf8b403174754ed2330c4db0ed88c844d4db474dab83a1b"
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 2196 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to creation of a drug fatalities review panel.

## 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/19-0438-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0438-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0438-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0438-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0438-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0438-03000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Anderson** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0438-02002a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Anderson (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0438-02002m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Tveit — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 14 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-28** 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/cbd1a635-6101-437c-92aa-6f16edcfc997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).