---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-11.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of early childhood services."
description: "Relating to the definition of early childhood services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2182"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2182 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef28ba25-1b6e-40fd-8665-8acaadf101b5"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "66068e51f8139d95b89ec7983eb6ddfc1ef70ba73177a044f9e5713af12687e5"
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 2182 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-11.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of early childhood services.

Relating to the definition of early childhood services.

## 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/23-0840-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0840-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2182 — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2182 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-02-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:11
- **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 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-09** Signed by President
- **2023-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Governor 04/06 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/06 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef28ba25-1b6e-40fd-8665-8acaadf101b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).