---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to behavioral health resources for schools; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "Relating to behavioral health resources for schools; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2311"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2311 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abfccd31-5102-4328-997b-c0e4327ff7b3"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2311.html"
source_hash: "c6c6b34513db35597e0df6a71ba82eec3dbb83213fb450d0c71b08064ac8a978"
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 2311 (67) — Relating to behavioral health resources for schools; and to provide an expiration date.

## 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/21-1012-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1012-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1012-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1012-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1012-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Buffalo — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Heckaman — cosponsor (person)
- Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2021-03-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 3 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 82 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-07** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-07** Conference committee appointed Lee K. Roers O. Larsen
- **2021-04-14** Conference committee appointed Schreiber-Beck Zubke Heinert
- **2021-04-15** 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 43 nays 2, Emergency clause carried `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 83 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Emergency clause carried
- **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/abfccd31-5102-4328-997b-c0e4327ff7b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).