---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 44-08-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to meal reimbursement."
description: "Relating to meal reimbursement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2124"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2124 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Davison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f599b766-51df-46c9-88b6-a0f1bf801a94"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2b71db5f046f2cda71669b9bd9c22457973585002903f311764fe201ae0b84b2"
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 2124 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 44-08-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to meal reimbursement.

Relating to meal reimbursement.

## 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/23-0470-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0470-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0470-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2124 — **26–21** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2124 — **59–32** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2124 — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2124 — **31–59** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle Davison — primary (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 10:55
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Amendment failed `amendment-failure`
- **2023-01-31** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-20** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 6 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 31 nays 59 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Reconsidered
- **2023-03-30** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 59 nays 32 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 26 nays 21 `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/f599b766-51df-46c9-88b6-a0f1bf801a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).