---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new paragraph to subdivision b of subsection 16 of section 65-01-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exclusions from the term employee."
description: "Relating to the exclusions from the term employee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2214"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2214 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffery J. Magrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68f9c308-a776-41f1-9fea-e150d5d81f0b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d65fc88662d14e606ed74cef9caceec25b31283990b259c58874389975e40e87"
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 2214 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new paragraph to subdivision b of subsection 16 of section 65-01-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exclusions from the term employee.

Relating to the exclusions from the term employee.

## 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/23-0618-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0618-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0618-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2214 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2214 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffery J. Magrum — primary (person)
- Cole Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — 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 11:15
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 03:20
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 10:10
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-03-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-21** Signed by President
- **2023-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68f9c308-a776-41f1-9fea-e150d5d81f0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).