---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to processing absentee ballots."
description: "Relating to processing absentee ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2142"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2142 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2af74eb-1daa-4aee-b495-8c174532eece"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2142.html"
source_hash: "55c7af63d6d610b6154c8fb01aa3ebdcf66a0d756123093e08a66368fc5c3fbb"
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 2142 (67) — Relating to processing absentee ballots.

## 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/21-0426-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0426-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0426-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Marcellais — cosponsor (person)
- Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Vedaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-03-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-09** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2af74eb-1daa-4aee-b495-8c174532eece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).