---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to permitting a pharmacy technician to administer drugs under the authority of a pharmacist; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to permitting a pharmacy technician to administer drugs under the authority of a pharmacist; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2279"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2279 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/198e54e1-e7c5-4d9c-83a6-01537bc56f39"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2279.html"
source_hash: "93c0c4795447075d67fb232a21a43403f29612288fdb5d04a8176a777533a986"
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 2279 (67) — Relating to permitting a pharmacy technician to administer drugs under the authority of a pharmacist; 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/21-0893-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0893-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0893-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Tveit — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-01** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2021-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2021-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 2, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-24** Signed by President
- **2021-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/198e54e1-e7c5-4d9c-83a6-01537bc56f39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).