---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the commission on legal counsel for indigents."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the commission on legal counsel for indigents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2022"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2022 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/261d9e15-60ce-4c90-82c8-57b30737c353"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2022.html"
source_hash: "14f43856987e6d66fc4923f2457654269a8d79aa034af40643d6af4fd32964b6"
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 2022 (67) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the commission on legal counsel for indigents.

## 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/21-0304-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0304-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0304-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0304-03000.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`
- **2021-01-12** Committee Hearing 01:30
- **2021-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 17 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-12** Concurred
- **2021-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Signed by President
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/261d9e15-60ce-4c90-82c8-57b30737c353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).