---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43-17.3-01, 43-17.3-02, 43-17.3-03, and 43-17.3-04, subsection 1 of section 43-17.3-05, and section 43-17.3-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the physician health program."
description: "Relating to the physician health program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2098"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2098 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d59116a4-4952-41a4-bc9f-7578dab9abae"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "711a2b4d659c159edd27bd6f69a65d9a27372eba669f7114234f00cabb89f3f0"
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 2098 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 43-17.3-01, 43-17.3-02, 43-17.3-03, and 43-17.3-04, subsection 1 of section 43-17.3-05, and section 43-17.3-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the physician health program.

Relating to the physician health 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/23-8137-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8137-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2098 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2098 — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Workforce Development — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Request return from committee
- **2023-03-03** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-23** Signed by President
- **2023-03-23** 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/d59116a4-4952-41a4-bc9f-7578dab9abae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).