---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 15.1-21-17.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to interim assessment of students."
description: "Relating to interim assessment of students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2028"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2028 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fa6467f-41d3-4320-b59c-568e036ccd9b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f8d6c681bfcc69cf8b2900e5c9e3cee5365f4e1fb5fd1c6d74b9ff2de0177578"
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 2028 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact section 15.1-21-17.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to interim assessment of students.

Relating to interim assessment of students.

## 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/23-0146-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0146-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0146-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2028 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2028 — **64–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 04:15
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 64 nays 29 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Signed by President
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fa6467f-41d3-4320-b59c-568e036ccd9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).