---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 54-61-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the commission on legal counsel for indigents; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the commission on legal counsel for indigents; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2226"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2226 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Sickler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/827beb7f-8431-46dc-a7a4-f9c1b9bd5438"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d8f07b5b3e7ca5df4a97b2a244f0d119f07a54991c64d9f7bedf4151cc3a99c6"
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 2226 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 54-61-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the commission on legal counsel for indigents; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the commission on legal counsel for indigents; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/25-1188-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1188-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2226 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2226 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2226 — **88–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Sickler — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2025-01-28** Reported back, do pass 6 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2025-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-21** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 88 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-16** Concurred
- **2025-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `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/827beb7f-8431-46dc-a7a4-f9c1b9bd5438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).