---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 50-09-29, 50-24.1-02.6, and 50-24.1-41 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public assistance for pregnant women."
description: "Relating to public assistance for pregnant women."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2181"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2181 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristin Roers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b1f3d93-2a8f-4135-a5bf-ec5b970b644d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1b916cee7e0d8806c28e899a7411c5f1f3a3c4ed39df77d18b412e141cd8188f"
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 2181 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 50-09-29, 50-24.1-02.6, and 50-24.1-41 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public assistance for pregnant women.

Relating to public assistance for pregnant women.

## 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/23-0465-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0465-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0465-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0465-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0465-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2181 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2181 — **87–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2181 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristin Roers — primary (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 02:55
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Amendment adopted
- **2023-01-27** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 08:15
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-02-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 03:58
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 11:31
- **2023-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-28** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-04-13** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-04-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 1 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-19** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-19** Conference committee appointed K. Roers Cleary Dever
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed McLeod Frelich Strinden
- **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 46 nays 0 `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 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b1f3d93-2a8f-4135-a5bf-ec5b970b644d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).