republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2172.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43‑37 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensure of speech‑language pathology assistants; to amend and reenact sections 43‑37‑02, 43‑37‑03, 43‑37‑04, 43‑37‑04.1, 43‑37‑05, 43‑37‑06, 43‑37‑08, 43‑37‑09, 43‑37‑13, and 43‑37‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state board of examiners on audiology and speech‑language pathology and the regulation of speech‑language pathology assistants; to repeal section 43‑37‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legislative intent; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43‑37 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensure of speech‑language pathology assistants; to amend and reenact sections 43‑37‑02, 43‑37‑03, 43‑37‑04, 43‑37‑04.1, 43‑37‑05, 43‑37‑06, 43‑37‑08, 43‑37‑09, 43‑37‑13, and 43‑37‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state board of examiners on audiology and speech‑language pathology and the regulation of speech‑language pathology assistants; to repeal section 43‑37‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legislative intent; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2172"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2172 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF EXAMINERS ON AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY", "HEALTH - SEE ALSO MEDICAL SERVICES; SAFETY", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Guggisberg", "Oban", "Poolman", "Rohr", "Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a9e56d-ad6a-4e03-a0e5-085abc22aeb3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2172.html"
source_hash: "3104ccb3c9abcd5f425719433936dbedd1388d94a2f5abb66b7fee4cb7e7d30b"
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 2172 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43‑37 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensure of speech‑language pathology assistants; to amend and reenact sections 43‑37‑02, 43‑37‑03, 43‑37‑04, 43‑37‑04.1, 43‑37‑05, 43‑37‑06, 43‑37‑08, 43‑37‑09, 43‑37‑13, and 43‑37‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state board of examiners on audiology and speech‑language pathology and the regulation of speech‑language pathology assistants; to repeal section 43‑37‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legislative intent; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/17-0378-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0378-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0378-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Oban** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0378-01001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Oban (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0378-01001m.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 91 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **91–0** (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 45 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Guggisberg — primary (person)
- Oban — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)
- Rohr — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-19** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2017-01-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Request return from committee
- **2017-02-23** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2017-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2017-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-17** Signed by President
- **2017-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a9e56d-ad6a-4e03-a0e5-085abc22aeb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).