---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-06-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the alternatives-to-abortion program; and to provide for an appropriation to the department of health and human services to establish and maintain the alternatives-to-abortion program."
description: "Relating to the alternatives-to‑abortion program; and to provide for an appropriation to the department of health and human services to establish and maintain the alternatives-to‑abortion program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2129"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2129 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janne Myrdal"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5356b50-9747-4e44-bdb6-95cddd116c79"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e6d3f606008d656e196f6e6c4c0dbb8a48c444f80bdeae5919f9830befc021c0"
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 2129 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-06-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the alternatives-to-abortion program; and to provide for an appropriation to the department of health and human services to establish and maintain the alternatives-to-abortion program.

Relating to the alternatives-to‑abortion program; and to provide for an appropriation to the department of health and human services to establish and maintain the alternatives-to‑abortion 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/23-0136-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0136-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0136-03000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0136-04000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0136-06000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0136-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2129 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2129 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2129 — **80–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janne Myrdal — primary (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-11** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 11:24
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 02:56
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 04:28
- **2023-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Amendment adopted
- **2023-02-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 08:20
- **2023-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-22** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-04-10** Committee Hearing 02:17
- **2023-04-13** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-04-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 17 1 5 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 80 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-19** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-19** Conference committee appointed Cleary Weston Davison
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed S. Olson Schneider Stemen
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-26** Signed by President
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5356b50-9747-4e44-bdb6-95cddd116c79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).