---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to criminal history record checks; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to criminal history record checks; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2238"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2238 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy Hogan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7757c4-f0ca-4e33-9cb1-edfbdf69897f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "299cdbeb866023eca19dee62694bb7373650f5eedbde1a614937d22c2c549012"
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 2238 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to criminal history record checks; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to criminal history record checks; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/23-0296-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0296-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0296-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0296-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0296-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2238 — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2238 — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2238 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2238 — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kathy Hogan — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Curt Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Braunberger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 11:45
- **2023-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Amendment adopted
- **2023-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-02-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 10:48
- **2023-03-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 86 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 11:41
- **2023-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Lee Hogan Weston
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed Christensen Bahl Rios
- **2023-04-19** New conference committee appointed Kreidt Strinden B. Anderson
- **2023-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/06 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd7757c4-f0ca-4e33-9cb1-edfbdf69897f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).