---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increased access to low-cost prescription drugs; to provide for a report; and to provide a contingent effective date. for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of prescription drug pricing, importation, and reference pricing."
description: "Relating to increased access to low-cost prescription drugs; to provide for a report; and to provide a contingent effective date. for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of prescription drug pricing, importation, and reference pricing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2212"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2212 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a232d79b-0731-4091-ad43-2a55e3313787"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2212.html"
source_hash: "f799247658f58694b4246abe8a4356629a34853818b97310b7e8f32e54373e8c"
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 2212 (67) — Relating to increased access to low-cost prescription drugs; to provide for a report; and to provide a contingent effective date. for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of prescription drug pricing, importation, and reference pricing.

## 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/21-0900-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0900-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0900-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0900-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Satrom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 83 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee appointed Anderson Lee Hogan
- **2021-04-16** Conference committee appointed Rohr Tveit Dobervich
- **2021-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a232d79b-0731-4091-ad43-2a55e3313787`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).