---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the children's cabinet and designated working groups; to repeal section 50-06-43.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the children's cabinet; and to provide for a legislative management report."
description: "Relating to the children's cabinet and designated working groups; to repeal section 50‑06‑43.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the children's cabinet; and to provide for a legislative management report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2176"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2176 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Axtman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abf05ad1-3523-4610-a27c-afe1646342f4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ed0036ddbc78f4b1013d4e682e43a82099ae70a094debe21dc0e352afb381072"
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 2176 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the children's cabinet and designated working groups; to repeal section 50-06-43.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the children's cabinet; and to provide for a legislative management report.

Relating to the children's cabinet and designated working groups; to repeal section 50‑06‑43.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the children's cabinet; and to provide for a legislative management report.

## 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/25-1017-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1017-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1017-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1017-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2176 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2176 — **75–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2176 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Axtman — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Request return from committee
- **2025-01-14** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-05** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-02** Concurred
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 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 04/08 `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/abf05ad1-3523-4610-a27c-afe1646342f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).