---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 19-03.1-22.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a special penalty for death or injury through distribution of illegal drugs; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to a special penalty for death or injury through distribution of illegal drugs; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2396"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2396 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-23"
last_action: "2023-10-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bab05a5b-8c4b-497a-8cca-df33bdae40c2"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8b95457c623a3da422a36679ab2dcb7d8e1002496abcb9b7c4d40e653074c032"
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 2396 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 19-03.1-22.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a special penalty for death or injury through distribution of illegal drugs; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to a special penalty for death or injury through distribution of illegal drugs; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/special/documents/23-1167-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/special/documents/23-1167-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2396 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2396 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Policy Committee `introduction`
- **2023-10-23** Committee Hearing 10:05
- **2023-10-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-10-24** Received from Senate
- **2023-10-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Policy Committee `introduction`
- **2023-10-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-10-25** Returned to Senate
- **2023-10-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-10-25** Signed by President
- **2023-10-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** Signed by Governor 10/25 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 10/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bab05a5b-8c4b-497a-8cca-df33bdae40c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).