---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2242"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2242 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janne Myrdal"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dae3bb5-f5d7-4be0-a37c-901026642e4d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "af520b1e4cb1191b01f9ed030f6186a3992f6247acb7bacf10312317694cebec"
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 2242 (69) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to institutions of higher education.

Relating to institutions of higher education.

## 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/25-0971-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0971-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0971-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0971-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2242 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2242 — **89–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2242 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janne Myrdal — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Johnston — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-03-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-03-14** Concurred
- **2025-03-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-19** Signed by President
- **2025-03-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `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/6dae3bb5-f5d7-4be0-a37c-901026642e4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).