---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact the new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, as created by House Bill No. 1160, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly, relating to the use of personal electronic devices in schools providing prekindergarten, elementary, or secondary education."
description: "Relating to the use of personal electronic devices in schools providing prekindergarten, elementary, or secondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2354"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2354 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Axtman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0244213f-c139-4183-b15f-230d3bc8e9f5"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "db1c5c257e62b8d523f5f5de89e48b90fde7e5c24c5c48cabde413ca62908c81"
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 2354 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact the new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, as created by House Bill No. 1160, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly, relating to the use of personal electronic devices in schools providing prekindergarten, elementary, or secondary education.

Relating to the use of personal electronic devices in schools providing prekindergarten, elementary, or secondary 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/25-1182-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1182-08000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1182-03000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1182-04000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1182-07000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1182-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2354 — **61–29** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2354 — **73–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2354 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2354 — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Axtman — primary (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-12** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-04-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-07** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 61 nays 29 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-15** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-15** Conference committee appointed Axtman Wobbema Lemm
- **2025-04-17** Conference committee appointed Jonas Novak Osowski
- **2025-04-29** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-05-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 73 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-02** Signed by President
- **2025-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0244213f-c139-4183-b15f-230d3bc8e9f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).