---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access to long-term care facilities and unaccompanied undocumented children; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to access to long-term care facilities and unaccompanied undocumented children; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2145"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2145 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/188c24e1-79a8-417f-8c81-8e0bb75dae94"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2145.html"
source_hash: "02a2ab120b7ef0894be462d3edef3c92df1717a72deb448decdf95c29cb7bc09"
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 2145 (67) — Relating to access to long-term care facilities and unaccompanied undocumented children; 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/21-0439-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0439-08000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0439-04000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0439-07000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0439-05000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Mathern — cosponsor (person)
- Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Westlind — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Received from Senate
- **2021-03-09** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2021-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 88 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee appointed K. Roers O. Larsen Hogan
- **2021-04-19** Conference committee appointed Tveit Skroch Rohr
- **2021-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 71 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Signed by President
- **2021-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Governor 04/30 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/188c24e1-79a8-417f-8c81-8e0bb75dae94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).