---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-04.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal responsibility proceedings following a verdict or finding."
description: "Relating to criminal responsibility proceedings following a verdict or finding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2077"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2077 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/127ab968-5289-461d-853e-7c5a67b01fea"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ec7c29064c44ca06f138264f46123840640a13a9ca53a5aee8adf16f4990161b"
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 2077 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-04.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal responsibility proceedings following a verdict or finding.

Relating to criminal responsibility proceedings following a verdict or finding.

## 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/25-8087-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8087-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8087-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2077 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2077 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-01-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-21** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/127ab968-5289-461d-853e-7c5a67b01fea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).