---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 29-26 and a new section to chapter 54-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the cost of digital forensic examinations and the establishment of an internet crime investigation fund; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to the cost of digital forensic examinations and the establishment of an internet crime investigation fund; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2167"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2167 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janne Myrdal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5229f77f-201f-4b15-a0cd-6407224c419a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7ea605aae55fa90385f0d279e425d564b91b447f7950185c82eed0c9cd49f64c"
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 2167 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 29-26 and a new section to chapter 54-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the cost of digital forensic examinations and the establishment of an internet crime investigation fund; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to the cost of digital forensic examinations and the establishment of an internet crime investigation fund; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/25-0823-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0823-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2167 — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2167 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janne Myrdal — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Nels Christianson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick R. Hatlestad — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-01-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-19** Signed by President
- **2025-03-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5229f77f-201f-4b15-a0cd-6407224c419a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).