---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services for grants to organizations providing care for the elderly."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services for grants to organizations providing care for the elderly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2138"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2138 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark F. Weber"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50181532-3d39-4f51-a0e8-fe33261696a9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9f21638bb203221c0fbb365a4715ba87109e2c99a002bab1fb111294fb95379d"
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 2138 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services for grants to organizations providing care for the elderly.

## 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/25-0381-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0381-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0381-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2138 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2138 — **84–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark F. Weber — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## 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 11:00
- **2025-01-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-01-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-17** Reported back, do pass 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 23 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-04** Signed by President
- **2025-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-09** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50181532-3d39-4f51-a0e8-fe33261696a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).