---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 30.1-11-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the deposit of a will."
description: "Relating to the deposit of a will."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2381"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2381 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean Cleary"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abc2fbe7-a497-42a9-94ae-8307b21949cc"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3fff6f3bfb13260bd067c1a456428c8edd4b3e151e94d9dcdde0b3a9dedba9e6"
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 2381 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 30.1-11-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the deposit of a will.

Relating to the deposit of a will.

## 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/23-1122-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1122-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2381 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2381 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2381 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sean Cleary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-03-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-05** Concurred
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abc2fbe7-a497-42a9-94ae-8307b21949cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).