---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to termination of parental rights."
description: "Relating to termination of parental rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2340"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2340 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/958b2cda-d8a0-44ab-9bb4-be26bfbf7f2d"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2340.html"
source_hash: "3e0124c9128cd9ed4541e6a73f438d224f48bb8ad43135c20c3825a964ce3193"
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 2340 (67) — Relating to termination of parental rights.

## 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/21-1048-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1048-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1048-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-1048-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bakke — cosponsor (person)
- Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Piepkorn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** Request return from committee
- **2021-02-23** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-03-24** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-25** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 0 5 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-30** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 62 nays 31 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-08** Concurred
- **2021-04-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **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/958b2cda-d8a0-44ab-9bb4-be26bfbf7f2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).