---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-35-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the core functions of public health units."
description: "Relating to the core functions of public health units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2153"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2153 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e4ad33-65b9-4a4a-8ff1-8fdd7ef6ca1c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "aa220ed2900eec66514724ef998559e8f2ae058f8dd9bd01566e36aa71715f76"
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 2153 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-35-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the core functions of public health units.

Relating to the core functions of public health units.

## 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/23-0204-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0204-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2153 — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2153 — **75–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Gretchen Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-01-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 34 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **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 75 nays 17 `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/a4e4ad33-65b9-4a4a-8ff1-8fdd7ef6ca1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).