---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-08-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the residency requirement for military installation school board members; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the residency requirement for military installation school board members; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2223"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2223 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Meyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c53a643f-0058-4f22-bd5c-b1df283d34d1"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a6ebd8b0dd5681370762ad81d19859d54c97b131e0ab69020e82a77f7088e787"
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 2223 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-08-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the residency requirement for military installation school board members; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the residency requirement for military installation school board members; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-0299-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0299-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0299-04000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0299-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2223 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2223 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2223 — **91–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Meyer — primary (person)
- Curt Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Randy A. Burckhard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 04:05
- **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
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 03:57
- **2023-03-14** Rereferred to Education
- **2023-03-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 91 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-03-21** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-03-29** Concurred
- **2023-03-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-31** Signed by President
- **2023-03-31** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by Governor 04/04 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c53a643f-0058-4f22-bd5c-b1df283d34d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).