---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 8 of section 12-47-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to use of wireless electronic communications devices at the department of corrections and rehabilitation; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to use of wireless electronic communications devices at the department of corrections and rehabilitation; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2105"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2105 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/386543ae-7e00-4e59-85ae-3a33ff0a8288"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f58542817a31c904f353a25b9e3b903fc5ce46fdc3533b565ea2c9142a5cec22"
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 2105 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 8 of section 12-47-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to use of wireless electronic communications devices at the department of corrections and rehabilitation; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to use of wireless electronic communications devices at the department of corrections and rehabilitation; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/23-8090-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8090-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2105 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2105 — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-09** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `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/386543ae-7e00-4e59-85ae-3a33ff0a8288`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).