republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2264.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 23‑01‑05.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to providing notification of the report of death to the next of kin or authorized representative of the deceased."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 23‑01‑05.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to providing notification of the report of death to the next of kin or authorized representative of the deceased."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2264"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2264 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORONER - SEE ALSO COUNTIES", "DEATH", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH", "STATE FORENSIC EXAMINER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bekkedahl", "D. Larson", "Hatlestad", "Howe", "Laffen", "Sukut"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc9c00b-6527-4a7e-8ab4-32fadf2a5ab3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2264.html"
source_hash: "2a5b27054b77d64b95e1c0be83621cf8bb68055cb491c24b1f314e400cbfe885"
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 2264 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 23‑01‑05.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to providing notification of the report of death to the next of kin or authorized representative of the deceased.

## 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/17-0338-03000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-04004a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-04004m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Political Subdivisions Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-04003a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Political Subdivisions Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-04003m.pdf)
6. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-03001a.pdf)
7. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-03001m.pdf)
8. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-07000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-04000.pdf)
10. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-06000.pdf)
11. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0338-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 89 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 5 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **89–0** (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
- 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 92 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **92–0** (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

- Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- D. Larson — primary (person)
- Hatlestad — primary (person)
- Howe — primary (person)
- Laffen — primary (person)
- Sukut — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-24** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **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 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 2 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2017-04-03** Conference committee appointed O. Larsen Clemens Heckaman
- **2017-04-04** Conference committee appointed Hatlestad M. Johnson Guggisberg
- **2017-04-07** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **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 as amended, yeas 89 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-13** Signed by President
- **2017-04-13** 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/8bc9c00b-6527-4a7e-8ab4-32fadf2a5ab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).