---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43‑64 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the licensure and regulation of behavior analyst professionals; to amend and reenact sections 43‑32‑01, 43‑32‑02, 43‑32‑08, 43‑32‑08.1, 43‑32‑08.2, 43‑32‑09, 43‑32‑12, 43‑32‑13, 43‑32‑14, 43‑32‑16, 43‑32‑17, 43‑32‑19.1, 43‑32‑20, 43‑32‑27, 43‑32‑27.1, 43‑32‑30, 43‑57‑01, 43‑57‑03, and 43‑57‑06, subsection 2 of section 43‑57‑07, and section 43‑57‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the regulation of applied behavioral analysts of psychologist examiners and to the board of integrative health care; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43‑64 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the licensure and regulation of behavior analyst professionals; to amend and reenact sections 43‑32‑01, 43‑32‑02, 43‑32‑08, 43‑32‑08.1, 43‑32‑08.2, 43‑32‑09, 43‑32‑12, 43‑32‑13, 43‑32‑14, 43‑32‑16, 43‑32‑17, 43‑32‑19.1, 43‑32‑20, 43‑32‑27, 43‑32‑27.1, 43‑32‑30, 43‑57‑01, 43‑57‑03, and 43‑57‑06, subsection 2 of section 43‑57‑07, and section 43‑57‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the regulation of applied behavioral analysts of psychologist examiners and to the board of integrative health care; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2236"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2236 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGIST EXAMINERS", "MENTAL HEALTH - SEE ALSO DISABLED PERSONS; BEHAVIORAL HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Beadle", "J. Lee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574a8232-87e7-4041-96f9-a2aa73eb4731"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2236.html"
source_hash: "475bd078691ebc8f741be05734187bfdbd7ae8a463b75aedd57421f90d2c2e9e"
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 2236 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43‑64 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the licensure and regulation of behavior analyst professionals; to amend and reenact sections 43‑32‑01, 43‑32‑02, 43‑32‑08, 43‑32‑08.1, 43‑32‑08.2, 43‑32‑09, 43‑32‑12, 43‑32‑13, 43‑32‑14, 43‑32‑16, 43‑32‑17, 43‑32‑19.1, 43‑32‑20, 43‑32‑27, 43‑32‑27.1, 43‑32‑30, 43‑57‑01, 43‑57‑03, and 43‑57‑06, subsection 2 of section 43‑57‑07, and section 43‑57‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the regulation of applied behavioral analysts of psychologist examiners and to the board of integrative health care; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/19-0673-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0673-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0673-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0673-01002a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0673-01002m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Beadle — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-18** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2019-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 12 `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/574a8232-87e7-4041-96f9-a2aa73eb4731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).