---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of workforce safety and insurance; and to provide an exemption."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of workforce safety and insurance; and to provide an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2021"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2021 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b62bfa73-3ce3-4d16-aa1c-ca7ad3d483de"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "eb67e7564ba55e195117add94c26227c80a0f0e80bc717664f69f14e03b9ad5a"
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 2021 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of workforce safety and insurance; and to provide an exemption.

## 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/23-0275-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0275-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0275-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0275-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2021 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2021 — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2021 — **40–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 10:40
- **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 40 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 11:28
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 17 1 5 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-13** Concurred
- **2023-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-17** Signed by President
- **2023-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by Governor 04/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b62bfa73-3ce3-4d16-aa1c-ca7ad3d483de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).