---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access to birth records.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study relating to shelter care programs for runaway youth."
description: "Relating to access to birth records.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study relating to shelter care programs for runaway youth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2258"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2258 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13fb187f-d529-4fdb-b778-58836f4ed649"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2258.html"
source_hash: "c9e32bf23b46f9abcc6ba8c0f6509ea92b4466b18548951e39109ab048bc25aa"
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 2258 (67) — Relating to access to birth records.for an Act to provide for a legislative management study relating to shelter care programs for runaway youth.

## 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/21-0624-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0624-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0624-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Davison — cosponsor (person)
- Hogan — 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 09:30
- **2021-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Received from Senate
- **2021-03-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-17** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate
- **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/13fb187f-d529-4fdb-b778-58836f4ed649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).