---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to interference with court-ordered parenting time; to create a child custody review task force; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to interference with court-ordered parenting time; to create a child custody review task force; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2186"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2186 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Clemens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/577e910e-57e6-4d0b-b813-ffb990ecb8c6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d350bbd1e06bbdf62e81e11f8dbe916acba7ebf6d0f6cbc5120d296a36e9ab24"
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 2186 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to interference with court-ordered parenting time; to create a child custody review task force; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to interference with court-ordered parenting time; to create a child custody review task force; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/25-0805-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0805-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0805-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0805-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2186 — **27–20** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2186 — **26–19** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2186 — **84–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David A. Clemens — primary (person)
- Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-21** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 26 nays 19 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2025-04-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-08** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 84 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-16** Concurred
- **2025-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 27 nays 20 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-21** Signed by President
- **2025-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/22 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/577e910e-57e6-4d0b-b813-ffb990ecb8c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).