---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-52.4-02, 54-52.4-04, and 54-52.4-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state employee family medical leave."
description: "Relating to state employee family medical leave."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2198"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2198 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dick Dever"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3791237d-5de3-49e0-98ec-47a80f40d6fa"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "349add1c899ed4913a237075b0e9679024d5a8d216c49e8157fff48411250254"
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 2198 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-52.4-02, 54-52.4-04, and 54-52.4-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state employee family medical leave.

Relating to state employee family medical leave.

## 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/23-0685-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0685-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2198 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2198 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2198 — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2198 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dick Dever — primary (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-04-12** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-04-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-13** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-19** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-19** Conference committee appointed Axtman Larson Piepkorn
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed Wagner J. Johnson Schauer
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `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, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** 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/3791237d-5de3-49e0-98ec-47a80f40d6fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).