---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43-12.3-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the health care professional student loan repayment program; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to the health care professional student loan repayment program; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2344"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2344 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristin Roers"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07d344bf-e3ad-4b0e-8770-54d5dd5210c8"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8f353f2c6e5bdd72f558c1d0ffb32a5391ff6e52b103834034636f5e2154adfe"
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 2344 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43-12.3-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the health care professional student loan repayment program; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to the health care professional student loan repayment program; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/23-0326-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0326-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0326-03000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0326-04000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0326-06000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0326-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2344 — **56–36** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2344 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2344 — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristin Roers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Amendment adopted
- **2023-02-09** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:20
- **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 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:55
- **2023-03-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Rereferred to Finance and Taxation
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-03-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 56 nays 36 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 11:45
- **2023-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-04** Conference committee appointed K. Roers Cleary Weston
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed Motschenbacher Fisher Finley-DeVille
- **2023-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** 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/07d344bf-e3ad-4b0e-8770-54d5dd5210c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).