---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-19.1-15 and 23-06-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to final disposition of individuals who are indigent."
description: "Relating to final disposition of individuals who are indigent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2139"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2139 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean Rummel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88610cef-1721-4d1c-a0f2-64c34d02eac4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "09c7b50b4b368af76b45be0bc60dfb81426467aed9a0d67d4b047f677ff7839a"
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 2139 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-19.1-15 and 23-06-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to final disposition of individuals who are indigent.

Relating to final disposition of individuals who are indigent.

## 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/23-0505-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0505-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0505-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0505-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2139 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2139 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2139 — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dean Rummel — primary (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-09** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 10:34
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 03:27
- **2023-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Amendment adopted
- **2023-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:14
- **2023-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-29** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-06** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee appointed Lee Cleary Hogan
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Frelich M. Ruby Holle
- **2023-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/26 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-28** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88610cef-1721-4d1c-a0f2-64c34d02eac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).