---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of corrections and rehabilitation; to provide for a report; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of corrections and rehabilitation; to provide for a report; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2015"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2015 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eda75998-98c1-492b-92b1-5e632cd9751b"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2015.html"
source_hash: "1898c8b0f518f9fca524c1b4e8a74b0a596177548b17b08248e188813d39bd90"
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 2015 (67) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of corrections and rehabilitation; to provide for a report; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an exemption; 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.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0297-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0297-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0297-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0297-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0297-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-02-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Received from Senate
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-03-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 18 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-12** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 75 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-12** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee appointed Wanzek Poolman Mathern
- **2021-04-15** Conference committee appointed Schobinger B. Anderson Mitskog
- **2021-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 86 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Signed by President
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor 04/27 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eda75998-98c1-492b-92b1-5e632cd9751b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).