republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2189.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50‑25.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the confidentiality of children's advocacy center records; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 12.1‑34‑07 and subsection 1 of section 27‑20‑51 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reimbursement of the cost of forensic interviews and confidentiality of juvenile court records and children's advocacy center records."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50‑25.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the confidentiality of children's advocacy center records; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 12.1‑34‑07 and subsection 1 of section 27‑20‑51 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reimbursement of the cost of forensic interviews and confidentiality of juvenile court records and children's advocacy center records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2189"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2189 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "OPEN RECORDS", "PRIVACY - SEE ALSO OPEN RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Larson", "Delmore", "Holman", "J. Lee", "Karls", "Meyer"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06f5ccc5-c1e2-4dbe-8fa9-60d15306b7fd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2189.html"
source_hash: "a124e22d39b1a6a1df69ce590146d19509904bd3667f29d2a6d88237d0a673e6"
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 2189 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50‑25.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the confidentiality of children's advocacy center records; and to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 12.1‑34‑07 and subsection 1 of section 27‑20‑51 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reimbursement of the cost of forensic interviews and confidentiality of juvenile court records and children's advocacy center records.

## 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/17-0726-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-03002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-03002m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-03001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-03001m.pdf)
6. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-02001a.pdf)
7. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-02001m.pdf)
8. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-06000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-03000.pdf)
10. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-05000.pdf)
11. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0726-04000.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 90 YEAS, 2 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 87 YEAS, 3 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **87–3** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (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 44 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Larson — primary (person)
- Delmore — primary (person)
- Holman — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Karls — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-18** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2017-01-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2017-04-03** Conference committee appointed O. Larsen Kreun Piepkorn
- **2017-04-05** Conference committee appointed Porter D. Anderson P. Anderson
- **2017-04-10** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-13** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-14** Signed by President
- **2017-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06f5ccc5-c1e2-4dbe-8fa9-60d15306b7fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).