---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to assignment of dental insurance benefits; and to provide for application."
description: "Relating to assignment of dental insurance benefits; and to provide for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2135"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2135 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81de5067-d54b-40cc-b490-eb237402ff0e"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9be6e838a600815e31625a546f29a01708839e6bf0f0fb83b5b5450718ffe6ba"
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 2135 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to assignment of dental insurance benefits; and to provide for application.

Relating to assignment of dental insurance benefits; and to provide for application.

## 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/23-0558-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0558-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2135 — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2135 — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary Ista — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-26** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 04:20
- **2023-03-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Governor 04/06 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81de5067-d54b-40cc-b490-eb237402ff0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).