---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-12-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to mandating the attorney general to issue opinions requested by individual members of the legislative assembly."
description: "Relating to mandating the attorney general to issue opinions requested by individual members of the legislative assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2208"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2208 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffery J. Magrum"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e9df8cd-99e7-4174-a176-cd448beaaf11"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d4f064c6c4741d1242862e832276845881a776ff6abf9e2ddac99f5f6c6e1d76"
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 2208 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-12-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to mandating the attorney general to issue opinions requested by individual members of the legislative assembly.

Relating to mandating the attorney general to issue opinions requested by individual members of the legislative assembly.

## 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/23-0281-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0281-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0281-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0281-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2208 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2208 — **83–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2208 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffery J. Magrum — primary (person)
- Cole Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 11:05
- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-03-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 83 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-11** Signed by President
- **2023-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e9df8cd-99e7-4174-a176-cd448beaaf11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).