---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-06-43.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the children's cabinet; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the children's cabinet; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2034"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2034 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4752c935-28a5-4309-beb9-24cc21250c8d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "fcc9d97e01bb03676599573ace5d3fd9eb1e65ce2a2be6d612fb628cdd14b632"
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 2034 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-06-43.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the children's cabinet; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the children's cabinet; 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/23-0213-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0213-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0213-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0213-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2034 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2034 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2034 — **90–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Committee Hearing 01:45
- **2023-01-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-11** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 04:24
- **2023-03-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-23** Laid over two legislative days
- **2023-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-11** Signed by President
- **2023-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4752c935-28a5-4309-beb9-24cc21250c8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).