---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 27-20.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fitness to proceed and remediation of juveniles; to amend and reenact section 12.1-04-01, subsections 4 and 5 of section 12.1-04-08, and section 27-20.4-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the age of an offender, suspension or dismissal of proceedings, and predispositional assessment; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to fitness to proceed and remediation of juveniles; to amend and reenact section 12.1‑04‑01, subsections 4 and 5 of section 12.1‑04‑08, and section 27‑20.4‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the age of an offender, suspension or dismissal of proceedings, and predispositional assessment; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2036"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2036 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba8a2df5-2743-4d0e-9b3e-98a4ddaf5f34"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a8645564ad514cfb4937f967592c2ee744c4547f075a51aba5d72d78f9ec2ad1"
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 2036 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 27-20.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fitness to proceed and remediation of juveniles; to amend and reenact section 12.1-04-01, subsections 4 and 5 of section 12.1-04-08, and section 27-20.4-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the age of an offender, suspension or dismissal of proceedings, and predispositional assessment; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to fitness to proceed and remediation of juveniles; to amend and reenact section 12.1‑04‑01, subsections 4 and 5 of section 12.1‑04‑08, and section 27‑20.4‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the age of an offender, suspension or dismissal of proceedings, and predispositional assessment; to provide an appropriation; 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/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0324-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0324-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0324-03000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0324-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2036 — **82–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2036 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-17** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-25** Reported back, do pass 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 6 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-15** Signed by President
- **2025-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/17 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba8a2df5-2743-4d0e-9b3e-98a4ddaf5f34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).