---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 37‑14‑01.1 and 37‑14‑18 and subsection 8 of section 37‑19.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the accreditation of county veterans' service officers and the definition of a veteran for purposes of veterans' relief and rehabilitation and veterans' preference."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 37‑14‑01.1 and 37‑14‑18 and subsection 8 of section 37‑19.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the accreditation of county veterans' service officers and the definition of a veteran for purposes of veterans' relief and rehabilitation and veterans' preference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2314"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2314 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "MILITARY", "MILITARY", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dever", "J. Lee", "Marcellais", "Owens", "Pyle", "Westlind"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/192e03ae-8eba-4e69-b5ae-8ed48e171137"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2314.html"
source_hash: "9bc3a5ce9bc75b6f174d2521daebb723aca21c5486a659a749a154a2d507664f"
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 2314 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 37‑14‑01.1 and 37‑14‑18 and subsection 8 of section 37‑19.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the accreditation of county veterans' service officers and the definition of a veteran for purposes of veterans' relief and rehabilitation and veterans' preference.

## 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/19-1120-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1120-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1120-03000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Elkin** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1120-02002a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Elkin (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1120-02002m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dever — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Marcellais — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Westlind — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2019-02-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-19** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/192e03ae-8eba-4e69-b5ae-8ed48e171137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).