---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to records of individuals who provide information to public social service agencies."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to records of individuals who provide information to public social service agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2218"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2218 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "OPEN RECORDS", "SOCIAL SERVICES - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lee", "J. Roers", "K. Roers", "Roers Jones", "Westlind"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/541f55fc-db66-4ff1-98da-15e579fc3c21"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2218.html"
source_hash: "9057585c09ffa98df44596f0e0e75c40925a890c5172ca94d6f46b9cb4f42ded"
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 2218 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to records of individuals who provide information to public social service agencies.

## 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/19-0031-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0031-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Lee — primary (person)
- J. Roers — primary (person)
- K. Roers — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Westlind — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-01-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-04** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 56 nays 30 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-18** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-19** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/541f55fc-db66-4ff1-98da-15e579fc3c21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).