---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of the utilization of federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant funding received by the state."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of the utilization of federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant funding received by the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2291"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2291 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy Hogan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/961d6326-238d-45c1-92b8-a0c2419e86c9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6c3e7978b746a43ac0cf82fdcc3db65ab541c53cee205aeab1fcd910805d2a29"
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 2291 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of the utilization of federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant funding received by the state.

## 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/23-0181-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0181-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0181-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2291 — **81–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2291 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kathy Hogan — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Strinden — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Braunberger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 03:08
- **2023-02-01** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:55
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 11:27
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 07:45
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Returned to Senate
- **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/961d6326-238d-45c1-92b8-a0c2419e86c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).