---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑06‑03 and 23‑06‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authority to and immunity for disposition of the dead."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑06‑03 and 23‑06‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authority to and immunity for disposition of the dead."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2208"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2208 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEMETERIES", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lee", "K. Roers", "Mathern", "Nathe", "Schreiber-Beck", "Tveit"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/754ba70f-295a-459a-b6f0-69e36a080bc8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2208.html"
source_hash: "fde4f2b8e7ffc8372f61d285297e45fdffd2a3ea7aa6dd7b30911d4109ee2ad9"
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 2208 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑06‑03 and 23‑06‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authority to and immunity for disposition of the dead.

## 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/19-0178-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0178-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Lee — primary (person)
- K. Roers — primary (person)
- Mathern — primary (person)
- Nathe — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)
- Tveit — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-25** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `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/754ba70f-295a-459a-b6f0-69e36a080bc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).