---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the state health officer's authority and the governor's authority during a declared disaster or emergency; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to the state health officer's authority and the governor's authority during a declared disaster or emergency; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2181"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2181 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8a548ba-0ea1-4fd8-93d6-ebe028ec61f7"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2181.html"
source_hash: "33fa3a9cb66725c05807658292cc8fdda254d14d7c8a53565bb971afe8647a15"
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 2181 (67) — Relating to the state health officer's authority and the governor's authority during a declared disaster or emergency; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/21-0640-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0640-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0640-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Heitkamp — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Paur — cosponsor (person)
- Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Schauer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-19** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-01-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-03-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
- **2021-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8a548ba-0ea1-4fd8-93d6-ebe028ec61f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).