---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 65-02-30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to quadrennial performance evaluation of workforce safety and insurance; and to repeal section 54-35-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the workers' compensation review committee."
description: "Relating to quadrennial performance evaluation of workforce safety and insurance; and to repeal section 54‑35‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the workers' compensation review committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2040"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2040 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d18900ed-e67c-4b7e-bce6-6360f26bca45"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e69ac936ad70626ffe0c44fdcf23ee0d53d6e678b8ff0db12524b95cf862f051"
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 2040 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 65-02-30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to quadrennial performance evaluation of workforce safety and insurance; and to repeal section 54-35-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the workers' compensation review committee.

Relating to quadrennial performance evaluation of workforce safety and insurance; and to repeal section 54‑35‑22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the workers' compensation review committee.

## 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/23-0048-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0048-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2040 — **69–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2040 — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 09:50
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 10:46
- **2023-01-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-12** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-01-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-16** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 2 5 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 69 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-07** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d18900ed-e67c-4b7e-bce6-6360f26bca45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).