---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to school district and employee immunity regarding COVID‑19; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to school district and employee immunity regarding COVID‑19; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2278"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2278 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e0f984e-9819-4212-acb5-3c1dcb4fad58"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2278.html"
source_hash: "25649a14a012b0bd1a909b4748ded291047454a3e1e85996b13014995439b027"
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 2278 (67) — Relating to school district and employee immunity regarding COVID‑19; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/21-0152-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0152-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0152-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Lemm — cosponsor (person)
- Longmuir — cosponsor (person)
- Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Rust — cosponsor (person)
- Schaible — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-02** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-02-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** Request return from committee
- **2021-02-23** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-03-23** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-03-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 15, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-31** Signed by President
- **2021-03-31** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor 04/01 `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/4e0f984e-9819-4212-acb5-3c1dcb4fad58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).