---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 26.1-36.12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prior authorization for health insurance; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to prior authorization for health insurance; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2280"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2280 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Meyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c2133fe-8d69-477f-a271-18668c84044a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "22b238f4ac756445f6c9e86db87ee685f2c456d4f48e1e670c9cb3829904a2b7"
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 2280 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 26.1-36.12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prior authorization for health insurance; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to prior authorization for health insurance; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; 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/25-1180-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1180-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1180-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1180-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2280 — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2280 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2280 — **43–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott Meyer — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-24** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2025-04-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-08** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-15** Concurred
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-18** Signed by President
- **2025-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c2133fe-8d69-477f-a271-18668c84044a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).