---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the efficiency of administration of occupational boards; to provide for a report to the legislative management; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the efficiency of administration of occupational boards; to provide for a report to the legislative management; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2249"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2249 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Hogue"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57d768fa-3af1-469c-b2f2-ecd479b8ccb8"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "4b060acb042fbaaaf6aaef4ce6467b216eb6418cc9052f211d451a8acd2b782d"
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 2249 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the efficiency of administration of occupational boards; to provide for a report to the legislative management; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the efficiency of administration of occupational boards; to provide for a report to the legislative management; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/23-0436-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0436-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0436-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0436-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2249 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2249 — **59–33** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2249 — **43–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Hogue — primary (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 6 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 59 nays 33 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Emergency clause failed
- **2023-04-03** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-11** Signed by President
- **2023-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57d768fa-3af1-469c-b2f2-ecd479b8ccb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).