---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of a North Dakota competency framework and to instructional time requirements."
description: "Relating to the establishment of a North Dakota competency framework and to instructional time requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2196"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2196 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af7c499d-7184-4bb7-b2a4-a2d27e7b76b5"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2196.html"
source_hash: "4bc57cddb27173201f3e2d7454246e7e0eb97cc504c47ce5b9aaa0ad717501cd"
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 2196 (67) — Relating to the establishment of a North Dakota competency framework and to instructional time requirements.

## 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/21-0630-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0630-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0630-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Davison — cosponsor (person)
- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Oban — cosponsor (person)
- Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Zubke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2021-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-18** Signed by President
- **2021-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af7c499d-7184-4bb7-b2a4-a2d27e7b76b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).