---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-18-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criteria for teacher permits; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "Relating to criteria for teacher permits; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2070"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2070 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David S. Rust"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2db2fa60-1a0f-4c71-94e2-1d65172d2f51"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6e80bbf75fc9e64d2d2fed0ae5a45d64e88046f528da27d4210210db0bed75c3"
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 2070 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-18-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criteria for teacher permits; and to provide an expiration date.

Relating to criteria for teacher permits; and to provide an expiration date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0364-03000.pdf)
2. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0364-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2070 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2070 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David S. Rust — primary (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Donald W. Longmuir — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Davison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-09** Rereferred to Education
- **2023-01-11** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 04:21
- **2023-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-22** Signed by President
- **2023-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2db2fa60-1a0f-4c71-94e2-1d65172d2f51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).