---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to child abuse and neglect; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to child abuse and neglect; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2083"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2083 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca69c15-2c59-4ab5-beef-28f63fc36164"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2083.html"
source_hash: "8a0b599b5c51c854aa328f6a8ce5dccecc37092d895265a2ef92253fc226564d"
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 2083 (67) — Relating to child abuse and neglect; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/21-8063-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8063-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8063-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Human Services — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-01-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Request return from committee
- **2021-03-08** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2021-03-15** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-03-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
- **2021-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cca69c15-2c59-4ab5-beef-28f63fc36164`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).