---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to attorney recruitment in rural counties and municipalities; and to provide for a report to the legislative management."
description: "Relating to attorney recruitment in rural counties and municipalities; and to provide for a report to the legislative management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2233"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2233 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f04b571e-c473-4d59-9d2e-eb24e237a522"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2233.html"
source_hash: "4daf9394525c9f1b834e94e1fb0d8f093993573605871de530178a4d0ea330a3"
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 2233 (67) — Relating to attorney recruitment in rural counties and municipalities; and to provide for a report to the legislative management.

## 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/21-0245-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0245-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0245-04000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0245-05000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Ista — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2021-01-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-25** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 68 nays 25 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-09** Concurred
- **2021-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `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/f04b571e-c473-4d59-9d2e-eb24e237a522`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).