---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of the kindergarten through grade twelve education coordination council; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 28‑32‑01, and subsection 1 of section 54‑59‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of administrative agency, and the statewide longitudinal data system committee; and to repeal sections 54‑59‑17 and 54‑59‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the educational technology council."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of the kindergarten through grade twelve education coordination council; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 28‑32‑01, and subsection 1 of section 54‑59‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of administrative agency, and the statewide longitudinal data system committee; and to repeal sections 54‑59‑17 and 54‑59‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the educational technology council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2215"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2215 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL", "STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens", "Schaible"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38f9b17a-cff2-4c43-a92c-760479b98c15"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2215.html"
source_hash: "47656582e5e1d0c4437ba7fbd8c4c65e71bcdc6aefa70f979b52f72c0eca8eb7"
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 2215 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of the kindergarten through grade twelve education coordination council; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 28‑32‑01, and subsection 1 of section 54‑59‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of administrative agency, and the statewide longitudinal data system committee; and to repeal sections 54‑59‑17 and 54‑59‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the educational technology council.

## 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/19-0584-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-02006a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-02006m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-05000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-04000.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-01003a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-01003m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Davison** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-02008a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Davison (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0584-02008m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Owens — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2019-02-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-08** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 70 nays 17 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee appointed Davison Schaible Oban
- **2019-04-08** Conference committee appointed Owens Schreiber-Beck Hager
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 73 nays 20 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-25** Signed by President
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 04/30 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38f9b17a-cff2-4c43-a92c-760479b98c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).