---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43‑13‑19, 43‑13‑20, 43‑13‑21.1, 43‑13‑22, and 43‑13‑26.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to optometry licenses; and to repeal section 43‑13‑23, 43‑13‑24, 43‑13‑25, 43‑13‑26, and 43‑13‑32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state board of optometry."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43‑13‑19, 43‑13‑20, 43‑13‑21.1, 43‑13‑22, and 43‑13‑26.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to optometry licenses; and to repeal section 43‑13‑23, 43‑13‑24, 43‑13‑25, 43‑13‑26, and 43‑13‑32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state board of optometry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2323"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2323 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "MEDICAL SERVICES - SEE ALSO DRUGS; HEALTH; SAFETY", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "OPTOMETRISTS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Johnson", "Davison", "Meyer", "Oban", "P. Anderson", "Vetter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7555be78-5e05-47ca-b344-05cc377d3fb9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2323.html"
source_hash: "19070ee4919f829772e371e3bbe043e34dff5e5a9844e5d4ecc85da242cc43bc"
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 2323 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43‑13‑19, 43‑13‑20, 43‑13‑21.1, 43‑13‑22, and 43‑13‑26.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to optometry licenses; and to repeal section 43‑13‑23, 43‑13‑24, 43‑13‑25, 43‑13‑26, and 43‑13‑32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state board of optometry.

## 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/19-1136-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1136-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Johnson — primary (person)
- Davison — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Oban — primary (person)
- P. Anderson — primary (person)
- Vetter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2019-01-29** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-31** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-22** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-26** Signed by President
- **2019-03-27** 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/7555be78-5e05-47ca-b344-05cc377d3fb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).