---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to long-term care insurance policy terms and claim payments."
description: "Relating to long-term care insurance policy terms and claim payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2172"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2172 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12f24b46-784a-455d-95c6-c06bf7adac33"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a018872cc644b6e48db0f94bfa8ea28421523d86247e44745b41d6fa6cbc1425"
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 2172 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to long-term care insurance policy terms and claim payments.

Relating to long-term care insurance policy terms and claim payments.

## 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/25-0749-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0749-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2172 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2172 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2172 — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- Gretchen Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-02** Concurred
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **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/12f24b46-784a-455d-95c6-c06bf7adac33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).