---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prohibition of an individual under twenty-one years of age from purchasing, possessing, or using tobacco products or electronic smoking devices; and to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the prohibition of an individual under twenty-one years of age from purchasing, possessing, or using tobacco products or electronic smoking devices; and to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2156"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2156 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3951fea-66f7-490d-b12c-274509eadf53"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2156.html"
source_hash: "6565edf762145ebaaf26b02bfc3e2fd9a16d2df122b0ae179bcea6a6a146b9ff"
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 2156 (67) — Relating to the prohibition of an individual under twenty-one years of age from purchasing, possessing, or using tobacco products or electronic smoking devices; and to provide a penalty; 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/21-0509-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0509-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0509-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Koppelman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-01-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 7, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Request return from committee
- **2021-03-09** Rereferred to Political Subdivisions
- **2021-03-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 64 nays 30, 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/d3951fea-66f7-490d-b12c-274509eadf53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).