---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to death benefits for national guard members; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to death benefits for national guard members; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2117"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2117 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9338b56-b955-4fe2-adb6-ef797f4ba335"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2117.html"
source_hash: "2a0359f332761827736b7110bfaf937705afcf888f036b6c555af2f317eea054"
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 2117 (67) — Relating to death benefits for national guard members; 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/21-8118-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8118-03000.pdf)
3. **SENATE BILL NO. 2117 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8118-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Government And Veterans Affairs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-18** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-03-11** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-03-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-18** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-03-19** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-05** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-05** Conference committee appointed Wobbema Elkin Marcellais
- **2021-04-07** Conference committee appointed Karls Schauer Schneider
- **2021-04-09** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-16** Signed by President
- **2021-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor 04/19 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9338b56-b955-4fe2-adb6-ef797f4ba335`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).