---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the executive director of the North Dakota racing commission; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the executive director of the North Dakota racing commission; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2214"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2214 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3778766c-b61c-41d9-9fee-944925cd468d"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2214.html"
source_hash: "b307960a98c7d18d5e03052f60dd9aa2bc045117dd511485bb0f0d5a78d5dc6d"
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 2214 (67) — Relating to the executive director of the North Dakota racing commission; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/21-0707-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0707-03000.pdf)
3. **SENATE BILL NO. 2214 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0707-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bakke — cosponsor (person)
- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Heitkamp — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-28** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-01-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-11** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-03-12** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-09** Concurred
- **2021-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 8, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Signed by President
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3778766c-b61c-41d9-9fee-944925cd468d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).