---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 43-26.1-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to physical therapy patient management."
description: "Relating to physical therapy patient management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2169"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2169 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randy A. Burckhard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68db1fdf-a8b3-4323-a738-1d1efa25b320"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e0ee809fbe6e6807488aef80aa31f8f14bc1dd4d536bf03a59de77fae5f196ff"
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 2169 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 43-26.1-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to physical therapy patient management.

Relating to physical therapy patient management.

## 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/25-0618-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0618-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2169 — **85–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2169 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randy A. Burckhard — primary (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-24** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 9 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-31** Signed by President
- **2025-03-31** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68db1fdf-a8b3-4323-a738-1d1efa25b320`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).