---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43‑15‑31.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pharmacists limited prescriptive practices."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43‑15‑31.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pharmacists limited prescriptive practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2231"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2231 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "PHARMACISTS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devlin", "Heckaman", "J. Lee", "Keiser", "Klein", "Poolman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d491fb8-8943-42df-9dc7-efcc5ff632bb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2231.html"
source_hash: "74dde13a50fe5330895de8a3a66deb63fd7916979a4e8f0af9265fdc89bf2de5"
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 2231 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43‑15‑31.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pharmacists limited prescriptive practices.

## 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/19-1001-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1001-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Devlin — primary (person)
- Heckaman — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Keiser — primary (person)
- Klein — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-01-23** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2019-01-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Request return from committee
- **2019-03-01** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2019-03-13** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2019-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-19** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-21** Signed by President
- **2019-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-28** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d491fb8-8943-42df-9dc7-efcc5ff632bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).