republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2277.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to child support obligations of incarcerated parents.	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to child support obligations of incarcerated parents.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	SB 2277	North Dakota SB 2277 (65)	bill	CHILD SUPPORT - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DOMESTIC RELATIONS MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS	enacted	Lefor Wardner	2	15	2	2017-01-16	2017-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/f2dfa464-e0d4-4619-a57e-b3490c86bf98	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2277.html	450e2e702421a36ee24c3f915a3365bb2338ab54676cf1a74756d7522899c932	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota SB 2277 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to child support obligations of incarcerated parents.

Version chain

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

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 53 YEAS, 39 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 53–39 (pass) · lower
• The question being on the final passage of the 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

• Lefor — primary (person)
• Wardner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee introduction
• 2017-02-01 Committee Hearing 10:45
• 2017-02-02 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 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
• 2017-03-08 Committee Hearing 10:15
• 2017-03-09 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 3 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-14 Second reading, passed, yeas 53 nays 39 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-15 Returned to Senate
• 2017-03-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-16 Signed by President
• 2017-03-20 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-22 Signed by Governor 03/22 executive-signature
• 2017-03-27 Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2dfa464-e0d4-4619-a57e-b3490c86bf98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).