---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23-01-02 and 23-01-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the membership and duties of the health council."
description: "Relating to the membership and duties of the health council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2227"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2227 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b851cc0e-660f-40a8-b204-48cb958521e0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "753a07719f92debbe9708c0830f6ed6bb27dab100707a0f11eaaf2cc5f0d4397"
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 2227 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23-01-02 and 23-01-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the membership and duties of the health council.

Relating to the membership and duties of the health council.

## 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/23-0097-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0097-06000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2227 — **61–30** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2227 — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2227 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2227 — **74–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 09:20
- **2023-02-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 03:20
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-23** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 61 nays 30 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 11:42
- **2023-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Lee K. Roers Hogan
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Prichard McLeod Rohr
- **2023-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-19** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 74 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/25 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27** 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/b851cc0e-660f-40a8-b204-48cb958521e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).