---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 50-24.6-02 and 50-24.6-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the drug use review board and medical assistance prior authorization."
description: "Relating to the drug use review board and medical assistance prior authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2156"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2156 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e912906-a670-4e15-be84-8645f66fc358"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ae11604df79d6be63f78e3adda7f2b1d3f7df7aac98732a2252b88f947a39c8f"
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 2156 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 50-24.6-02 and 50-24.6-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the drug use review board and medical assistance prior authorization.

Relating to the drug use review board and medical assistance prior authorization.

## 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/23-0192-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0192-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0192-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2156 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2156 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Gretchen Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — 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`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 03:10
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:09
- **2023-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-09** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e912906-a670-4e15-be84-8645f66fc358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).