---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 19-03.1, and section 19-03.1-23.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a special penalty for death or injury through distribution of illegal drugs and fentanyl reporting; to provide a statement of legislative intent regarding fentanyl awareness expansion; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to a special penalty for death or injury through distribution of illegal drugs and fentanyl reporting; to provide a statement of legislative intent regarding fentanyl awareness expansion; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2248"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2248 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Hogue"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50a44cce-b170-4d98-aedc-a8161f8a4d69"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8b8ca3a1e702438bc856ceac5de6a669ecf0f1874a4f0922f2a394d28d7cd634"
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 2248 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 19-03.1, and section 19-03.1-23.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a special penalty for death or injury through distribution of illegal drugs and fentanyl reporting; to provide a statement of legislative intent regarding fentanyl awareness expansion; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to a special penalty for death or injury through distribution of illegal drugs and fentanyl reporting; to provide a statement of legislative intent regarding fentanyl awareness expansion; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/23-0573-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0573-11000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0573-05000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0573-06000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0573-10000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0573-08000.pdf)
7. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0573-07000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2248 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2248 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2248 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2248 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Hogue — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-01** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2023-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 03:21
- **2023-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-22** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 11:41
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-11** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Sickler Larson Myrdal
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed Klemin Cory Stemen
- **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, yeas 47 nays 0 `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 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50a44cce-b170-4d98-aedc-a8161f8a4d69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).