---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to jurisdiction and authority of law enforcement officers employed by institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to jurisdiction and authority of law enforcement officers employed by institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2168"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2168 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e64ad67-b1d6-43ac-a292-21fe268f223b"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2168.html"
source_hash: "2a33a72cd9e990d299040a9d814c54d5650c1d6820ce06583d19ee7ee8d43b93"
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 2168 (67) — Relating to jurisdiction and authority of law enforcement officers employed by institutions of higher education.

## 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/21-0709-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0709-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0709-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0709-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ista — cosponsor (person)
- Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Roers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-19** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-16** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 7 6 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-19** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-03-23** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 78 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-05** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-05** Conference committee appointed Larson Dwyer Bakke
- **2021-04-09** Conference committee appointed Vetter Magrum Hanson
- **2021-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Signed by President
- **2021-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e64ad67-b1d6-43ac-a292-21fe268f223b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).