---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to commencement of a small claims action."
description: "Relating to commencement of a small claims action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2055"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2055 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/679edaeb-204c-463b-b6e3-0aff1713de5a"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2055.html"
source_hash: "6c987e5e6bfd5cc9ee5b372aa18683baca4e3285eb67293404ec0dcc34b8f501"
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 2055 (67) — Relating to commencement of a small claims action.

## 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/21-8010-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8010-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-01-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-11** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-12** Signed by President
- **2021-03-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-19** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/679edaeb-204c-463b-b6e3-0aff1713de5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).