---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to definitions; to amend and reenact sections 15‑19‑01, 15‑19‑02, 15‑19‑02.1, 15‑19‑06, 15‑19‑08, and 15‑20.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to distance education; and to repeal sections 15‑19‑03 and 15‑19‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization of enrollments to the center for distance education by a superintendent of a school and advertising."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to definitions; to amend and reenact sections 15‑19‑01, 15‑19‑02, 15‑19‑02.1, 15‑19‑06, 15‑19‑08, and 15‑20.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to distance education; and to repeal sections 15‑19‑03 and 15‑19‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization of enrollments to the center for distance education by a superintendent of a school and advertising."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2216"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2216 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STATE BOARD FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION", "STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens", "Schaible"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c37bdda4-29ad-4c2c-b07b-45eb6c08c178"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2216.html"
source_hash: "578f8b55f9eceaa430104977e44859425f23368f8367a9a0da8c8a79c4061a2a"
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 2216 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to definitions; to amend and reenact sections 15‑19‑01, 15‑19‑02, 15‑19‑02.1, 15‑19‑06, 15‑19‑08, and 15‑20.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to distance education; and to repeal sections 15‑19‑03 and 15‑19‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization of enrollments to the center for distance education by a superintendent of a school and advertising.

## 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/19-0819-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0819-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0819-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0819-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0819-03000.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Schreiber-Beck** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0819-02002a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Schreiber-Beck (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0819-02002m.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0819-01001a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0819-01001m.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 02:15
- **2019-02-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-07** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee appointed Schaible Rust Marcellais
- **2019-04-08** Conference committee appointed Owens Schreiber-Beck Guggisberg
- **2019-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 91 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by President
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/25 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c37bdda4-29ad-4c2c-b07b-45eb6c08c178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).