---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 5-02-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibitions on access to a brewer taproom for an individual under twenty-one years of age; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to prohibitions on access to a brewer taproom for an individual under twenty-one years of age; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2363"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2363 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Barta"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24b7566b-3056-4a92-9658-46f5236bcab1"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "24907963530944a568e7a61231f555e259173691df082c417582980a8d6ee3b8"
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 2363 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 5-02-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibitions on access to a brewer taproom for an individual under twenty-one years of age; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to prohibitions on access to a brewer taproom for an individual under twenty-one years of age; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/23-1063-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1063-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1063-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2363 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2363 — **81–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Barta — primary (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 11:20
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2023-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** 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/24b7566b-3056-4a92-9658-46f5236bcab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).