---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to professional student exchange program repayment; to repeal section 15‑10‑43.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to professional student exchange program repayment; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to professional student exchange program repayment; to repeal section 15‑10‑43.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to professional student exchange program repayment; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2140"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2140 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/009d845e-947d-4ad6-a3b1-02838de80f58"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2140.html"
source_hash: "346afe54fa5e462279738e1c046a213899fdb2b9ceb1355e08a92cdcd635ba25"
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 2140 (67) — Relating to professional student exchange program repayment; to repeal section 15‑10‑43.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to professional student exchange program repayment; 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/21-0632-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0632-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0632-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Heckaman — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lemm — cosponsor (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-02-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 19 nays 26 `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** Reconsidered
- **2021-02-08** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Amendment adopted
- **2021-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 38 nays 9, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2021-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 53 nays 39 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Emergency clause failed
- **2021-03-16** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-18** Signed by President
- **2021-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/009d845e-947d-4ad6-a3b1-02838de80f58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).