---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-02.1-01 and subsection 1 of section 23-02.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to homeless youth access to birth records; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to homeless youth access to birth records; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2379"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2379 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kent Weston"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29b8813e-d009-4ef8-be1b-2faed70f4b45"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c30d8f2b3d20eef6228d613585c8b897f015378b3da28f425178725760a81b76"
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 2379 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-02.1-01 and subsection 1 of section 23-02.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to homeless youth access to birth records; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to homeless youth access to birth records; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-1104-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1104-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2379 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2379 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2379 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kent Weston — primary (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 04:18
- **2023-03-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-03-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 11:50
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-11** Signed by President
- **2023-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29b8813e-d009-4ef8-be1b-2faed70f4b45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).