---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-24.4-29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to geropsychiatric facilities."
description: "Relating to geropsychiatric facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2081"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2081 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a93eb59-f8df-47b3-a4bb-3cc0a4eb0273"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "69608296d66b5abbdce6defe37334a224d07455f09e5847d8030b0542e414716"
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 2081 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-24.4-29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to geropsychiatric facilities.

Relating to geropsychiatric facilities.

## 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/25-8095-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8095-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8095-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2081 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2081 — **83–1** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2025-01-08** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2025-01-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-17** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-26** Signed by President
- **2025-03-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-01** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a93eb59-f8df-47b3-a4bb-3cc0a4eb0273`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).