---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public school board membership in a school district located on tribal land; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public school board membership in a school district located on tribal land; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2230"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2230 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "SCHOOL BOARDS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcellais", "Monson", "Poolman", "Roers Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7856e2f-66bf-413e-8071-1d8881a4245e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2230.html"
source_hash: "e1d0602566258b5e44d6601fb39fa0e91ceb0fc180e3bc5619d240184d23b23e"
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 2230 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public school board membership in a school district located on tribal land; 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/19-0522-03000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0522-03007a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0522-03007m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0522-05000.pdf)
5. **SENATE BILL NO. 2230 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0522-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Marcellais — primary (person)
- Monson — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-01-22** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2019-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 32 nays 15 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-24** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Request return from committee
- **2019-02-28** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-03-28** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-02** Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-04** Signed by President
- **2019-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7856e2f-66bf-413e-8071-1d8881a4245e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).