---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-23-02 and 15.1-23-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to home education."
description: "Relating to home education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2167"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2167 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan L. Kannianen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e51583d-7fc5-4465-a5d1-14ec9d15242e"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "5b4918ac0a8b526c4417c5df1beaac11d9c2ec7f73a91774b7c833799ba4eb36"
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 2167 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-23-02 and 15.1-23-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to home education.

Relating to home education.

## 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/23-0458-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0458-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2167 — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2167 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jordan L. Kannianen — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Clayton Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Elkin — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Finley-DeVille — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-19** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 03:56
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Signed by President
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e51583d-7fc5-4465-a5d1-14ec9d15242e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).