---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new paragraph to subdivision h of subsection 3 of section 54-52-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to disability retirement benefit eligibility."
description: "Relating to disability retirement benefit eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2119"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2119 (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/68ac8cb9-8b95-47e2-bb23-4d2e9fc39792"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "123416484e94574e68159601a4c8ac83347adb948a5f7aef77e0ace3d27082f8"
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 2119 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new paragraph to subdivision h of subsection 3 of section 54-52-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to disability retirement benefit eligibility.

Relating to disability retirement benefit eligibility.

## 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/25-0119-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0119-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2119 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2119 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- State and Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-14** 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/68ac8cb9-8b95-47e2-bb23-4d2e9fc39792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).