---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37-01-25, subsection 1 of section 37-01-40, and section 37-14-01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to national guard or federal service leave of absence for state and political subdivision employees and the definition of veteran; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to national guard or federal service leave of absence for state and political subdivision employees and the definition of veteran; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2198"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2198 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Boschee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/002a1420-947c-4efc-a1e2-ea8f63b05cd6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "dac682560592fb1c054bf7914edfdeb6f71959c64273c3af4f5cf2f049904f4f"
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 2198 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37-01-25, subsection 1 of section 37-01-40, and section 37-14-01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to national guard or federal service leave of absence for state and political subdivision employees and the definition of veteran; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to national guard or federal service leave of absence for state and political subdivision employees and the definition of veteran; 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/25-0827-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0827-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2198 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2198 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2198 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Josh Boschee — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-24** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-01-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2025-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-26** Laid over two legislative days
- **2025-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-01** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-11** Concurred
- **2025-04-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-15** Signed by President
- **2025-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/17 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/002a1420-947c-4efc-a1e2-ea8f63b05cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).