---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-20.4-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exceptions for postsecondary career school accreditation; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to exceptions for postsecondary career school accreditation; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2145"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2145 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Davison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/725ff38d-4560-411b-bad4-93028cb1ae8b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "53f98136bfdd2a64a1a624e4c353b8f788535c3f20c9680edb7dd734d4d74c4d"
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 2145 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-20.4-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exceptions for postsecondary career school accreditation; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to exceptions for postsecondary career school accreditation; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-0551-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0551-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0551-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0551-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2145 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2145 — **79–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2145 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kyle Davison — primary (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Strinden — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 03:39
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 03:36
- **2023-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-23** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 79 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-03-24** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-05** Concurred
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/725ff38d-4560-411b-bad4-93028cb1ae8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).