republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2201.md

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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15‑10‑55 and 15.1‑19‑25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the freedom of expression of student journalists.	AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15‑10‑55 and 15.1‑19‑25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the freedom of expression of student journalists.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	SB 2201	North Dakota SB 2201 (65)	bill	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED HIGHER EDUCATION - SEE ALSO BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN RIGHTS STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES	enacted	Devlin Luick Mock Oban Rust Schreiber-Beck	8	19	3	2017-01-12	2017-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/7d59c506-8556-49cd-a8e0-15d343de72df	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2201.html	7143b97b2e7801fd17e5bb2c7375cf198495d32804890495f34b6fa153a20be1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota SB 2201 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15‑10‑55 and 15.1‑19‑25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the freedom of expression of student journalists.

Version chain

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

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
4. Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
7. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
8. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments (committee substitute) — source

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, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 45–0 (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 89 YEAS, 3 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 89–3 (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

Sponsors

• Devlin — primary (person)
• Luick — primary (person)
• Mock — primary (person)
• Oban — primary (person)
• Rust — primary (person)
• Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-01-23 Committee Hearing 11:00
• 2017-01-25 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-01-26 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-01-27 Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-17 Received from Senate
• 2017-02-20 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-03-01 Committee Hearing 02:30
• 2017-03-23 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 5 1 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-24 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-03-27 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 3 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-28 Returned to Senate (12)
• 2017-03-30 Concurred
• 2017-03-30 Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-31 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-31 Signed by President
• 2017-04-03 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-06 Signed by Governor 04/05 executive-signature
• 2017-04-13 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d59c506-8556-49cd-a8e0-15d343de72df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).