---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14‑09‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to familial duty to support for health services; to repeal section 50‑01‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to familial duty to support for county welfare; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14‑09‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to familial duty to support for health services; to repeal section 50‑01‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to familial duty to support for county welfare; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2225"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2225 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "SOCIAL SERVICES - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dever", "Keiser", "Klemin", "Kreidt", "Longmuir", "Oban"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96595c83-2907-4d03-a170-ef1360363322"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2225.html"
source_hash: "13ccd97ffed473b6cad66c732f56fa62021405ddb24fe736f0750454cd122fb3"
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 2225 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14‑09‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to familial duty to support for health services; to repeal section 50‑01‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to familial duty to support for county welfare; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/19-0497-03000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0497-03002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0497-03002m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0497-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0497-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dever — primary (person)
- Keiser — primary (person)
- Klemin — primary (person)
- Kreidt — primary (person)
- Longmuir — primary (person)
- Oban — 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 10:45
- **2019-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-04** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2019-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Signed by President
- **2019-03-18** 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/96595c83-2907-4d03-a170-ef1360363322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).