---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of the state's developmental disability services and autism spectrum disorder waiver and voucher programs."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of the state's developmental disability services and autism spectrum disorder waiver and voucher programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2256"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2256 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abaea0a1-92e6-4509-9b1e-00d415591d50"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2256.html"
source_hash: "06c2d8a4cced712e39ed30bd757e87e7b84e23e01c167390dbe62ccd206db8f8"
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 2256 (67) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of the state's developmental disability services and autism spectrum disorder waiver and voucher programs.

## 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/21-0957-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0957-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0957-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0957-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0957-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Mathern — cosponsor (person)
- Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Amendment adopted
- **2021-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-02-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-02-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-03-19** Reported back, do pass 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2021-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee appointed Lee Clemens Hogan
- **2021-04-19** Conference committee appointed Rohr Tveit Schneider
- **2021-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 83 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Signed by President
- **2021-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Governor 04/30 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abaea0a1-92e6-4509-9b1e-00d415591d50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).