---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 25-01.1-07, 25-02-01.1, and 25-02-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the North Dakota state hospital."
description: "Relating to the North Dakota state hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2078"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2078 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19d60171-0018-4fcf-9b35-eac736be9cb2"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "5fad66961be700b4c1c40eaca2fd019e29e07bc798600139404173125c1cabc7"
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 2078 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 25-01.1-07, 25-02-01.1, and 25-02-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the North Dakota state hospital.

Relating to the North Dakota state hospital.

## 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/25-8088-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8088-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2078 — **86–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2078 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2025-01-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-15** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Committee Hearing 10:40
- **2025-03-11** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-17** Signed by President
- **2025-03-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/18 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19d60171-0018-4fcf-9b35-eac736be9cb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).