---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services relating to the demolition of state hospital buildings; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the demolition of state hospital buildings; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2026"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2026 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85839b9a-7748-43b1-91e8-c409e080629f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8b43b04cc0da895c227eceb758750f0f1c6f466d69cdd478efda7da4524afc66"
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 2026 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services relating to the demolition of state hospital buildings; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the demolition of state hospital buildings; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-0207-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0207-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0207-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0207-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0207-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2026 — **68–23** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2026 — **65–27** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2026 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2026 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-09** Committee Hearing 02:35
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-12** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 65 nays 27 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Hogan Cleary Weston
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Beltz Fegley Brandenburg
- **2023-04-13** Reported back from conference committee, further amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, further amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 68 nays 23 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-20** Signed by President
- **2023-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/24 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85839b9a-7748-43b1-91e8-c409e080629f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).