---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43-17-42 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the corporate practice of medicine."
description: "Relating to the corporate practice of medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2148"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2148 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Sickler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab89cec6-bc0c-4244-b416-148933214347"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9884ede6576f3dd04a126e9ca224306868a30c4f7c46e342d99e233652e6c3d3"
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 2148 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43-17-42 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the corporate practice of medicine.

Relating to the corporate practice of medicine.

## 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/23-0647-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0647-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0647-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2148 — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2148 — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Sickler — primary (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Strinden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 03:10
- **2023-01-25** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 03:57
- **2023-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-22** Signed by President
- **2023-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab89cec6-bc0c-4244-b416-148933214347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).