---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50‑09‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adoptive placement of children with special needs."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50‑09‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adoptive placement of children with special needs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2112"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2112 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Human Services"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a882a2a-b7f0-4c7b-a497-2ab9b5a4b1fc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2112.html"
source_hash: "ba14cda5479bab4e040c3f2113937564e90696d352752ff7c58054e0c07d920c"
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 2112 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50‑09‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adoptive placement of children with special needs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8093-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8093-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Human Services — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-01-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-14** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2019-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-13** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Signed by President
- **2019-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a882a2a-b7f0-4c7b-a497-2ab9b5a4b1fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).