---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43‑45‑05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to qualification for addiction counseling licensure for an applicant licensed in another jurisdiction."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43‑45‑05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to qualification for addiction counseling licensure for an applicant licensed in another jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2339"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2339 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADDICTION COUNSELOR - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS", "DRUGS - SEE ALSO ALCOHOL", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Westlind"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1597b00-e3bf-4487-91b1-1e8254d2895c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2339.html"
source_hash: "a0ee019e627078dd56c03600046c8595c669bc636f96e56eef4aef6d26623e80"
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 2339 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43‑45‑05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to qualification for addiction counseling licensure for an applicant licensed in another jurisdiction.

## 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/19-1137-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1137-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Westlind — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-01-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-04** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2019-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1597b00-e3bf-4487-91b1-1e8254d2895c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).