---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 34-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minors working in hazardous occupations; and to provide for a legislative management study."
description: "Relating to minors working in hazardous occupations; and to provide for a legislative management study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2170"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2170 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffery J. Magrum"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b43a8c5-0092-42cc-8f35-2668eb1ead0c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1b780478dbb0686018b4acc67e97e14f9095ea38cabb454e6c0b1fe4b4614c9d"
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 2170 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 34-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to minors working in hazardous occupations; and to provide for a legislative management study.

Relating to minors working in hazardous occupations; and to provide for a legislative management study.

## 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/23-0285-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0285-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0285-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0285-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2170 — **81–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2170 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2170 — **44–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffery J. Magrum — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Elkin — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Jorin Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 11:40
- **2023-02-17** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment adopted
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-04-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-04-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-13** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 81 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-19** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-19** Conference committee appointed Wobbema Sickler Piepkorn
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed Koppelman Kasper Dakane
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-26** Signed by President
- **2023-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b43a8c5-0092-42cc-8f35-2668eb1ead0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).