---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 25-03.1-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an emergency mental health petition; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to an emergency mental health petition; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2171"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2171 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Mathern"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ccff1e2-e5ff-4466-9da1-7e257248e34b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e69abd3f2f8bbf3cb48067f8177c0dbf94b6b49e3244636d3e384a6737fcf991"
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 2171 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 25-03.1-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an emergency mental health petition; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to an emergency mental health petition; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/25-0328-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0328-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0328-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2171 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2171 — **87–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tim Mathern — primary (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2025-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-03-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 5, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** 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/1ccff1e2-e5ff-4466-9da1-7e257248e34b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).