---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-04-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fitness to proceed."
description: "Relating to fitness to proceed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2046"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2046 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03aba1a9-a11b-4522-9267-af8935e691a8"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "acdc3f4b3e6ae2a888a0a0ac7431c939acfcaf424fa945172e1f22bf250c7ee3"
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 2046 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-04-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fitness to proceed.

Relating to fitness to proceed.

## 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/23-8019-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8019-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2046 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2046 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2046 — **82–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 82 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `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/03aba1a9-a11b-4522-9267-af8935e691a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).