---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to universal licensure and board operations."
description: "Relating to universal licensure and board operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2395"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2395 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Hogue"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f46a460-bc53-4205-b10e-3da3ce811a0c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a3d44ea4bc127bfe26f005bd540e7541581ef45b1b1a9e36ef97b4cb4fc9ed93"
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 2395 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 43 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to universal licensure and board operations.

Relating to universal licensure and board operations.

## 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/25-1374-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1374-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1374-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2395 — **89–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2395 — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Hogue — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from Senate
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-26** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President
- **2025-04-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor 04/03 `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/0f46a460-bc53-4205-b10e-3da3ce811a0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).