---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state board of higher education, reporting by the state commissioner of higher education, and records of the state board of higher education; to amend and reenact section 15-10-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state board of higher education policy; and to provide for a legislative management report."
description: "Relating to the state board of higher education, reporting by the state commissioner of higher education, and records of the state board of higher education; to amend and reenact section 15‑10‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state board of higher education policy; and to provide for a legislative management report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2343"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2343 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e4093de-766a-4236-bde2-338e160738a4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "76843390fdfb3581607c97dd1515c1f110fdc6d5742f846265ed61c6b2995bd3"
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 2343 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state board of higher education, reporting by the state commissioner of higher education, and records of the state board of higher education; to amend and reenact section 15-10-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state board of higher education policy; and to provide for a legislative management report.

Relating to the state board of higher education, reporting by the state commissioner of higher education, and records of the state board of higher education; to amend and reenact section 15‑10‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state board of higher education policy; and to provide for a legislative management report.

## 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/23-0931-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0931-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2343 — **30–16** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2343 — **29–15** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2343 — **71–21** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2343 — **69–19** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2343 — **26–20** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2343 — **20–27** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jim P. Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 10:05
- **2023-02-01** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-02** Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 20 nays 27 `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reconsidered
- **2023-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 29 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 5 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 69 nays 19 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed Elkin Conley Axtman
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed Marschall Novak Longmuir
- **2023-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, further amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 26 nays 20 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Reconsidered
- **2023-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 30 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 71 nays 21 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/26 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-28** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e4093de-766a-4236-bde2-338e160738a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).