---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requiring all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools in the state to include curriculum on Native American history."
description: "Relating to requiring all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools in the state to include curriculum on Native American history."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2304"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2304 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc06618e-ce6c-4105-89ff-b40ae6268053"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2304.html"
source_hash: "fa78e4e0ea69642e31bb61d5a8d83077f5602ff44ef4c3e05f39679d66319b61"
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 2304 (67) — Relating to requiring all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools in the state to include curriculum on Native American history.

## 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/21-1054-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1054-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1054-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1054-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1054-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Heckaman — cosponsor (person)
- Marcellais — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-01** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2021-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-23** Second reading, failed, lacks constitutional majority yeas 47 nays 47 `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Reconsidered
- **2021-03-24** Rereferred to Education
- **2021-03-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-01** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-04-06** Division of bill
- **2021-04-06** Division A passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Division B passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 72 nays 21 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-08** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-08** Conference committee appointed Schaible Lemm Oban
- **2021-04-14** Conference committee appointed Longmuir Richter Marschall
- **2021-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-19** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc06618e-ce6c-4105-89ff-b40ae6268053`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).