---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43-44.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adoption of the dietitian licensure compact."
description: "Relating to adoption of the dietitian licensure compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2223"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2223 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Barta"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec8a91ea-35f8-4d48-a1b3-0d79a9721afa"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f9c14187422434e611ca05e7feaa96957e4e2cf865487d2924030af0565dc163"
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 2223 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43-44.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adoption of the dietitian licensure compact.

Relating to adoption of the dietitian licensure compact.

## 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/25-0824-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0824-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0824-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2223 — **84–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2223 — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Barta — primary (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
- Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)
- Randy A. Burckhard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-07** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 5 `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/ec8a91ea-35f8-4d48-a1b3-0d79a9721afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).