---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 10 of section 50-25.1-02 and section 50-25.1-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of a children's advocacy center and the confidentiality of communications and records in the possession of a children's advocacy center."
description: "Relating to the definition of a children's advocacy center and the confidentiality of communications and records in the possession of a children's advocacy center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2173"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2173 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0cb1669-c15b-41b2-b546-42d606a7766b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8748807909c4f3eed78c78adf0c55ed9f5e1cf302d31292fd806f0215cae11d0"
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 2173 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 10 of section 50-25.1-02 and section 50-25.1-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of a children's advocacy center and the confidentiality of communications and records in the possession of a children's advocacy center.

Relating to the definition of a children's advocacy center and the confidentiality of communications and records in the possession of a children's advocacy center.

## 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/25-0814-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0814-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0814-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2173 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2173 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary Ista — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-01-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-21** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2025-01-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Signed by President
- **2025-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/19 `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/d0cb1669-c15b-41b2-b546-42d606a7766b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).