---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 6-01-07.1, subsections 4 and 5 of section 10-04-02, sections 10-04-03 and 10-04-16, paragraph 2 of subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 10-04-16.1, section 26.1-06-12, subsection 3 of section 43-10.1-01, subsection 2 of section 43-23.1-05, subsection 4 of section 51-19-02, subsection 3 of section 51-23-02, subsection 1 of section 51-23-15, subsection 1 of section 54-12-08, subsection 1 of section 54-59-22.1, subsection 4 of section 57-38.5-01, and subsection 5 of section 57-38.6-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the insurance commissioner assuming the duties of the securities commissioner; to provide for a transfer; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the insurance commissioner assuming the duties of the securities commissioner; to provide for a transfer; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2214"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2214 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7369bd7c-35f9-4055-b338-cd62148fc507"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e3f064f8b47643d3078911918be7c5b46d32e7dab399c7f02926ea4fbc114a8f"
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 2214 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 6-01-07.1, subsections 4 and 5 of section 10-04-02, sections 10-04-03 and 10-04-16, paragraph 2 of subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 10-04-16.1, section 26.1-06-12, subsection 3 of section 43-10.1-01, subsection 2 of section 43-23.1-05, subsection 4 of section 51-19-02, subsection 3 of section 51-23-02, subsection 1 of section 51-23-15, subsection 1 of section 54-12-08, subsection 1 of section 54-59-22.1, subsection 4 of section 57-38.5-01, and subsection 5 of section 57-38.6-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the insurance commissioner assuming the duties of the securities commissioner; to provide for a transfer; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the insurance commissioner assuming the duties of the securities commissioner; to provide for a transfer; to provide an effective date; 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/25-0555-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0555-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2214 — **29–18** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2214 — **88–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2214 — **40–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2025-02-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 29 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from Senate
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2025-03-12** Reported back, do pass 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 88 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-02** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-11** Concurred
- **2025-04-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6, 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/7369bd7c-35f9-4055-b338-cd62148fc507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).