---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑01‑44 and 50‑06‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the department of human services behavioral health division."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑01‑44 and 50‑06‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the department of human services behavioral health division."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2198"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2198 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "DRUGS - SEE ALSO ALCOHOL", "HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "J. Lee", "Mathern", "Roers Jones", "Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0674f950-4d61-4d61-88ce-27650a86c8f7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2198.html"
source_hash: "c26d6bc89ad3b96f2c8c97dec138319fab001b66b9e2ebd97678861b37880856"
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 2198 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑01‑44 and 50‑06‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to duties of the department of human services behavioral health division.

## 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/19-0287-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0287-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0287-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Anderson** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0287-01001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Anderson (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0287-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Mathern — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-22** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 2 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 58 nays 32 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0674f950-4d61-4d61-88ce-27650a86c8f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).