---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding parentage and adoption policies."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding parentage and adoption policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2327"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2327 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Clemens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5525a42-7693-4637-a58c-2b8ba7f01180"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c732dfa81e56ac1ab84ff48e8cbdf50c74e2fb855b764a4ea36c41a5db5e2ae7"
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 2327 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding parentage and adoption policies.

## 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/23-0414-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0414-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0414-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2327 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2327 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David A. Clemens — primary (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff A. Hoverson — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Dyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-18** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 11:33
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 02:42
- **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, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 04:20
- **2023-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-10** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5525a42-7693-4637-a58c-2b8ba7f01180`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).