---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the protection and advocacy project."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the protection and advocacy project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2014"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2014 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f02c78f8-ba1d-471a-8bdd-4ad6d7c65ff4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "939d56a5b2e5605f127e9c653e472407fff45e34848c5cfff7a831e96bd3d88c"
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 2014 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the protection and advocacy project.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0268-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0268-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0268-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0268-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2014 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2014 — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2014 — **88–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 08:44
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 11:45
- **2023-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 11:16
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 17 2 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 88 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-11** Concurred
- **2023-04-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-13** Signed by President
- **2023-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/19 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f02c78f8-ba1d-471a-8bdd-4ad6d7c65ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).