---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction for the paraprofessional-to-teacher program."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction for the paraprofessional-to-teacher program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2032"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2032 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf937172-d9d2-43f6-87d7-4b60b66c9e51"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "eb07ec8aca43e316ff1f581c84561b51c5ddb62fabcb7c4760b06cd683515108"
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 2032 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction for the paraprofessional-to-teacher program.

## 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/23-0159-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0159-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2032 — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2032 — **80–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-09** Rereferred to Education
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 11:01
- **2023-01-18** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 03:07
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 10:25
- **2023-02-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 04:24
- **2023-03-15** Reported back, do pass 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President
- **2023-04-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Governor 04/13 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf937172-d9d2-43f6-87d7-4b60b66c9e51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).