republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2231.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23‑16 and four new sections to chapter 26.1-47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to informed decisionmaking for choosing air ambulance service providers, preferred provider arrangement requirements for insurance prior authorization for air ambulance services, and air ambulance subscriptions; to amend and reenact section 26.1‑47‑01, subsection 6 of section 26.1‑47‑02, and section 26.1‑47‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to preferred provider organizations; to provide an effective date; and to provide a contingent effective date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23‑16 and four new sections to chapter 26.1-47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to informed decisionmaking for choosing air ambulance service providers, preferred provider arrangement requirements for insurance prior authorization for air ambulance services, and air ambulance subscriptions; to amend and reenact section 26.1‑47‑01, subsection 6 of section 26.1‑47‑02, and section 26.1‑47‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to preferred provider organizations; to provide an effective date; and to provide a contingent effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2231"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2231 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMBULANCES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "INSURANCE COMPANIES", "MEDICAL SERVICES - SEE ALSO DRUGS; HEALTH; SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lee", "Schaible", "Weisz"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/454b18a0-b50a-49ae-9595-59459945021f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2231.html"
source_hash: "ff5c65b4e88a2a17e57148af728d604d02f239b7c936db41b5ebd967c17450c8"
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 2231 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23‑16 and four new sections to chapter 26.1-47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to informed decisionmaking for choosing air ambulance service providers, preferred provider arrangement requirements for insurance prior authorization for air ambulance services, and air ambulance subscriptions; to amend and reenact section 26.1‑47‑01, subsection 6 of section 26.1‑47‑02, and section 26.1‑47‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to preferred provider organizations; to provide an effective date; and to provide a contingent 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/17-0231-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0231-02006a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0231-02006m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0231-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0231-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0231-03000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0231-01003a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0231-01003m.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 40 YEAS, 5 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **40–5** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 43 YEAS, 4 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **43–4** (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 72 YEAS, 19 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **72–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Lee — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Weisz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2017-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 72 nays 19 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-04-05** Concurred
- **2017-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-07** Signed by President
- **2017-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/454b18a0-b50a-49ae-9595-59459945021f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).