---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a mental health provider registry and a behavioral health bed management system; and to provide for a legislative management study."
description: "Relating to a mental health provider registry and a behavioral health bed management system; and to provide for a legislative management study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2161"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2161 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40c5d5bb-aa17-4386-bf48-7b4f8552b102"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2161.html"
source_hash: "26dde912475b1df8177a11ee62750a928a2af3a00f9a9c4764f1043a680dd1a7"
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 2161 (67) — Relating to a mental health provider registry and a behavioral health bed management system; and to provide for a legislative management study.

## 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/21-0652-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0652-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0652-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0652-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0652-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Weisz — cosponsor (person)
- Westlind — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Amendment adopted
- **2021-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-02-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2021-03-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 84 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-07** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-07** Conference committee appointed Anderson Lee Hogan
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee appointed Beltz Westlind M. Ruby
- **2021-04-15** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Conference committee report rejected
- **2021-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, further amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, further amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-04-23** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by President
- **2021-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40c5d5bb-aa17-4386-bf48-7b4f8552b102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).