---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to long‑term care insurance policies; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide a penalty; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "Relating to long‑term care insurance policies; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide a penalty; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2253"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2253 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acc23090-bcfb-4ea1-83fe-dc96f6476034"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2253.html"
source_hash: "62475d15806d253894977a2e6e3bede0e858bc8d102b825ca2031537c2f42cbc"
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 2253 (67) — Relating to long‑term care insurance policies; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide a penalty; and to provide an expiration date.

## 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/21-0836-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0836-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0836-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0836-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0836-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Guggisberg — cosponsor (person)
- Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Mathern — 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`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** Amendment adopted
- **2021-02-04** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-02-09** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-07** Concurred
- **2021-04-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-09** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acc23090-bcfb-4ea1-83fe-dc96f6476034`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).