---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to remote communication for nonprofit corporations; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to remote communication for nonprofit corporations; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2138"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2138 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59007bb6-a71a-4388-9dc2-5d32edb6f5df"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2138.html"
source_hash: "1a40450b073427921598bf48a191f19cbe87c41b21957c294ee6f1f13e391f88"
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 2138 (67) — Relating to remote communication for nonprofit corporations; 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/21-0593-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0593-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Buffalo — cosponsor (person)
- Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Heckaman — cosponsor (person)
- Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 4, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
- **2021-03-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/31 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59007bb6-a71a-4388-9dc2-5d32edb6f5df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).