---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 28-22-03.1, 47-18-01, 47-18-04, and 47-18-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to insurance cash value exemptions and homestead exemption."
description: "Relating to insurance cash value exemptions and homestead exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2206"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2206 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Merrill Piepkorn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69962d4c-da23-4e91-b14c-a10a45ef4580"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "376efd5025fd90e68e403027c5d01775a2ed01fad883d328e19a5df025cc6a7d"
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 2206 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 28-22-03.1, 47-18-01, 47-18-04, and 47-18-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to insurance cash value exemptions and homestead exemption.

Relating to insurance cash value exemptions and homestead exemption.

## 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/23-0872-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0872-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2206 — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2206 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2206 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Merrill Piepkorn — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Ostlie — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 03:35
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 03:25
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:35
- **2023-02-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-04-11** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-04-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-12** Committee Hearing 10:40
- **2023-04-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 1 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-13** Rereferred to Industry, Business and Labor
- **2023-04-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-21** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-24** Concurred
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/26 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-28** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69962d4c-da23-4e91-b14c-a10a45ef4580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).