---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 50‑25.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to family visitation rights."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 50‑25.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to family visitation rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2289"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2289 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "SENIOR CITIZENS - SEE ALSO RETIREMENT", "SENIOR CITIZENS - SEE ALSO RETIREMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Dockter", "Hogan", "J. Lee", "Poolman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f9bae35-aa89-4c3f-97ca-a7c995047cfa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2289.html"
source_hash: "f2163782e756e509d86ce48ee0df1b8d6c67844750be9cd52deb53b7fec4c650"
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 2289 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 50‑25.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to family visitation rights.

## 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/19-0118-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0118-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0118-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0118-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0118-02000.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0118-02001a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0118-02001m.pdf)
8. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0118-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beadle — primary (person)
- Dockter — primary (person)
- Hogan — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-08** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-08** Amendment adopted
- **2019-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 0 `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/9f9bae35-aa89-4c3f-97ca-a7c995047cfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).