---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑01‑37 and 23‑09.3‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to health care facilities and licensure of nursing facilities; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑01‑37 and 23‑09.3‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to health care facilities and licensure of nursing facilities; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2317"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2317 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "MEDICAL SERVICES - SEE ALSO DRUGS; HEALTH; SAFETY", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "NURSING HOMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devlin", "J. Lee", "Pollert", "Poolman", "Satrom", "Wanzek"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07114734-1f9d-4268-bfe5-455feed171d8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2317.html"
source_hash: "a95dbc3f7f10d6d8e5be7cad2ae8f96a82acec871d59c27e6d9ddc3f9aa3fd30"
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 2317 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23‑01‑37 and 23‑09.3‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to health care facilities and licensure of nursing facilities; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a report; 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/19-0536-03000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-04001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-04001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-03005a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-03005m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-07000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-04000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-06000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-05000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Weisz** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-04005a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Weisz (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0536-04005m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Devlin — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Pollert — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)
- Wanzek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2019-02-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Amendment adopted
- **2019-02-06** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-14** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **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
- **2019-03-22** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 2 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 81 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-19** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-19** Conference committee appointed J. Lee K. Roers Hogan
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee appointed Weisz Rohr Schneider
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-24** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-25** Signed by President
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 04/30 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07114734-1f9d-4268-bfe5-455feed171d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).