---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 15-10-18.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of peace officers."
description: "Relating to the definition of peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2130"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2130 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shawn Vedaa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/870bbb9a-9772-4f37-a3f2-1c42efdb2f87"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9539d2c161f7f2c8551de29cc7a80480d7106be027ecc9432adb84ce136d270b"
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 2130 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 15-10-18.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of peace officers.

Relating to the definition of peace officers.

## 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/23-0422-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0422-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2130 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2130 — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shawn Vedaa — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — 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 10:45
- **2023-01-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-16** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-20** Signed by President
- **2023-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/870bbb9a-9772-4f37-a3f2-1c42efdb2f87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).