republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2216.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 12.1‑17‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of a health care facility; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 12.1‑17‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contact by bodily fluids or excrement; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 12.1‑17‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of a health care facility; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 12.1‑17‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contact by bodily fluids or excrement; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2216"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2216 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burckhard", "Dever", "J. Nelson", "Karls", "Nelson", "Westlind"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e0522c4-108d-4b8c-8c29-fca6460777a2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2216.html"
source_hash: "22d767e31ad2d132b5250e29ca9c38823b6f099415772ca31c03222c2205eda2"
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 2216 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 12.1‑17‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of a health care facility; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 12.1‑17‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contact by bodily fluids or excrement; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/17-0613-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-07000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-04000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-03000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-06000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-05000.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Nelson** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-04001a.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Nelson (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-04001m.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Armstrong** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-04002a.pdf)
12. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Armstrong (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0613-04002m.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 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
- 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, 2 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **44–2** (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 76 YEAS, 16 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **76–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burckhard — primary (person)
- Dever — primary (person)
- J. Nelson — primary (person)
- Karls — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Westlind — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-02-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2017-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 1 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-20** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-03-31** Refused to concur
- **2017-03-31** Conference committee appointed Myrdal Luick D. Larson
- **2017-04-04** Conference committee appointed Karls Roers Jones M. Nelson
- **2017-04-06** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House recede) `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-07** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-10** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (House recede) `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Conference committee report rejected
- **2017-04-12** Appoint Sen. Armstrong to replace Sen. D. Larson on conference committee
- **2017-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-18** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 16 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Signed by President
- **2017-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-20** Signed by Governor 04/19 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e0522c4-108d-4b8c-8c29-fca6460777a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).