---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 6-08.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duty of confidentiality and disclosure to the North Dakota protection and advocacy project."
description: "Relating to the duty of confidentiality and disclosure to the North Dakota protection and advocacy project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2164"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2164 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dick Dever"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d51ecd2-7ed3-4768-a514-ae3ede630529"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "19125e08211582c62ff0faafa37f7e1145235d4aec3131e6f6bcc485805e8c49"
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 2164 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 6-08.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duty of confidentiality and disclosure to the North Dakota protection and advocacy project.

Relating to the duty of confidentiality and disclosure to the North Dakota protection and advocacy project.

## 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/25-0928-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0928-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0928-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2164 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2164 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dick Dever — primary (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-14** Signed by President
- **2025-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/17 `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/1d51ecd2-7ed3-4768-a514-ae3ede630529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).