---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 51-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a commercial entity's liability for publishing or distributing sexual material harmful to a minor; to provide a penalty; and to provide for application."
description: "Relating to a commercial entity's liability for publishing or distributing sexual material harmful to a minor; to provide a penalty; and to provide for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2380"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2380 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Boehm"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/120e2607-c487-4978-867a-ba8a5849d117"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9c4efe733ca2451fb81dbaf03955acd57e95f9473a409dcd9d5acd53e4fa2de0"
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 2380 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 51-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a commercial entity's liability for publishing or distributing sexual material harmful to a minor; to provide a penalty; and to provide for application.

Relating to a commercial entity's liability for publishing or distributing sexual material harmful to a minor; to provide a penalty; and to provide for application.

## 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/25-1138-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1138-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1138-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1138-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2380 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2380 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2380 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith Boehm — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Beard — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `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 Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-21** Concurred
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-23** Signed by President
- **2025-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/24 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/120e2607-c487-4978-867a-ba8a5849d117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).