---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to repeal sections 29-16-01, 29-21-16, and 29-22-33 of the North Dakota Century Code relating to issues of fact, plea of once in jeopardy, and special verdicts."
description: "Relating to issues of fact, plea of once in jeopardy, and special verdicts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2106"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2106 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83cf1b66-ceb0-4926-84a9-7b8684879c75"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0712417d1fb2d76ae7b7661df6f2948526821ec1bd4d434e9791ab50c7f2ddf4"
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 2106 (68) — AN ACT to repeal sections 29-16-01, 29-21-16, and 29-22-33 of the North Dakota Century Code relating to issues of fact, plea of once in jeopardy, and special verdicts.

Relating to issues of fact, plea of once in jeopardy, and special verdicts.

## 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/23-8021-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8021-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8021-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2106 — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2106 — **46–0** (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`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 01:30
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 0 `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/83cf1b66-ceb0-4926-84a9-7b8684879c75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).