---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23-06.5-06 and 23-06.5-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to health care directive acceptance of appointment as agent."
description: "Relating to health care directive acceptance of appointment as agent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2125"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2125 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Mathern"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a87032-d01c-4e7f-8af6-6201240166b4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "33da43c557ab9a3f202518a4eeff2d0139b02b51e8bd0a3f43584ce41778d92b"
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 2125 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23-06.5-06 and 23-06.5-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to health care directive acceptance of appointment as agent.

Relating to health care directive acceptance of appointment as agent.

## 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/23-0121-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0121-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2125 — **84–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2125 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tim Mathern — primary (person)
- Gretchen Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 04:27
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 3 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Signed by President
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3a87032-d01c-4e7f-8af6-6201240166b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).