republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2276.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 10‑33‑21, section 10‑33‑100, and subsection 4 of section 10‑33‑108 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of the diversion of restricted assets and the priority of those assets in a dissolution."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 10‑33‑21, section 10‑33‑100, and subsection 4 of section 10‑33‑108 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of the diversion of restricted assets and the priority of those assets in a dissolution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2276"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2276 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Wardner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd364762-f091-425c-be10-013f9fcb7499"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2276.html"
source_hash: "810c97efb74ced1e4a7c79f0bf64ac24469740e50b2c652273e6c6127ca96371"
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 2276 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 10‑33‑21, section 10‑33‑100, and subsection 4 of section 10‑33‑108 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of the diversion of restricted assets and the priority of those assets in a dissolution.

## 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/17-0659-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0659-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0659-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0659-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0659-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0659-04000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0659-03000.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Armstrong** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0659-01001a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Armstrong (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0659-01001m.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **47–0** (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 90 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **90–0** (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

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Wardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-03** 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`
- **2017-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2017-03-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-30** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-03** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-04-04** Laid over one legislative day
- **2017-04-05** Concurred
- **2017-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `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/bd364762-f091-425c-be10-013f9fcb7499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).