---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-01-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the qualifications, term, and duties of the state health officer."
description: "Relating to the qualifications, term, and duties of the state health officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2255"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2255 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbfc6ac1-d56c-4d95-b27a-3ae376e46e71"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ed5dd96ce1626ff5290c108b20a1bfa22ea12551eaabf062ade1386bd1317703"
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 2255 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-01-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the qualifications, term, and duties of the state health officer.

Relating to the qualifications, term, and duties of the state health officer.

## 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/25-1125-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1125-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1125-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2255 — **76–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2255 — **40–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2025-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2025-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-31** Signed by President
- **2025-03-31** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbfc6ac1-d56c-4d95-b27a-3ae376e46e71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).