---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil process fees and commissions on collections."
description: "Relating to civil process fees and commissions on collections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2244"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2244 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d99fb2f9-9797-440f-842e-29f24dcefa50"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2244.html"
source_hash: "00305a5afdceb70eac248a238de6474de3080689ffce862c5315d4fffb2bfd70"
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 2244 (67) — Relating to civil process fees and commissions on collections.

## 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/21-0708-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0708-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0708-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0708-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0708-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Elkin — cosponsor (person)
- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2021-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** Request return from committee
- **2021-02-23** Rereferred to Political Subdivisions
- **2021-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-19** Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 57 nays 36 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-05** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-05** Conference committee appointed Kreun Burckhard D. Larsen
- **2021-04-08** Conference committee appointed Longmuir Ertelt Fegley
- **2021-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-19** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 62 nays 29 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/22 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26** 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/d99fb2f9-9797-440f-842e-29f24dcefa50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).