---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 54-23.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization for children of inmates to reside at the Heart River correctional center."
description: "Relating to authorization for children of inmates to reside at the Heart River correctional center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2352"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2352 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dick Dever"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26d764ae-cccb-4dbe-a43d-38ec24f7d1eb"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a761970e16c6fc4dbe5e6abea18a45db546fcc03d4537cb933eff858ff631caf"
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 2352 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 54-23.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization for children of inmates to reside at the Heart River correctional center.

Relating to authorization for children of inmates to reside at the Heart River correctional center.

## 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/25-1336-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1336-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1336-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2352 — **48–42** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2352 — **28–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dick Dever — primary (person)
- Jeffery J. Magrum — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-02-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-13** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 28 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-12** Reported back, do pass 8 3 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 4 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Laid over two legislative days
- **2025-03-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 48 nays 42 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Motion to reconsider failed
- **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/26d764ae-cccb-4dbe-a43d-38ec24f7d1eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).