republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50‑24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks for medicaid services applicants, providers, and staff members; to amend and reenact section 50‑06‑01.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks for job applicants, department staff, county employees, contractors, and medicaid services applicants, providers, and staff members; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50‑24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks for medicaid services applicants, providers, and staff members; to amend and reenact section 50‑06‑01.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks for job applicants, department staff, county employees, contractors, and medicaid services applicants, providers, and staff members; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2117"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2117 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/830c5659-333b-4af3-8f14-0add8515b577"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2117.html"
source_hash: "80e423544482282ddd856fff2caa81aca5baace698d025a2990a02faf8607b50"
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 2117 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50‑24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks for medicaid services applicants, providers, and staff members; to amend and reenact section 50‑06‑01.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks for job applicants, department staff, county employees, contractors, and medicaid services applicants, providers, and staff members; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/65-2017/documents/17-8070-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8070-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8070-02001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8070-01001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8070-01001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8070-04000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8070-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8070-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 45 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 69 YEAS, 23 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **69–23** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-04** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2017-01-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-01-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-01-12** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-01** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2017-03-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 69 nays 23 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Emergency clause carried
- **2017-03-15** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-03-23** Concurred
- **2017-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-24** Signed by President
- **2017-03-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/830c5659-333b-4af3-8f14-0add8515b577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).