---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to drug court and the creation of a veterans treatment docket."
description: "Relating to drug court and the creation of a veterans treatment docket."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2246"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2246 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e81a9726-0be9-4451-9c97-692aa0f3ef0f"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2246.html"
source_hash: "e97e0740e9e974fff36845c54488d0ee976e0784cc40f994481ec69adb720d92"
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 2246 (67) — Relating to drug court and the creation of a veterans treatment docket.

## 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/21-0603-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0603-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ista — cosponsor (person)
- Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Schneider — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** Request return from committee
- **2021-02-23** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
- **2021-03-30** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/31 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e81a9726-0be9-4451-9c97-692aa0f3ef0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).