republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/68/sb-2051.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapters 25-03.2 and 50-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fingerprint criminal history record investigations for psychiatric residential facilities for children and for shelter care programs; and to amend and reenact subdivision f of subsection 2 of section 12-60-24 and sections 25-03.2-03, 25-03.2-04, 50-06-01.9, 50-11-06.8, 50-12-03, and 50-25.1-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fingerprint criminal history record checks for certified family foster home for children providers and psychiatric residential treatment facility for children, identifying who the department of health and human services may require criminal history record checks from, and criminal history record checks for volunteers and students for field placement at child-placing agencies and children's advocacy centers."
description: "Relating to fingerprint criminal history record investigations for psychiatric residential facilities for children and for shelter care programs; and to amend and reenact subdivision f of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 and sections 25‑03.2‑03, 25‑03.2‑04, 50‑06‑01.9, 50‑11‑06.8, 50‑12‑03, and 50‑25.1‑11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fingerprint criminal history record checks for certified family foster home for children providers and psychiatric residential treatment facility for children, identifying who the department of health and human services may require criminal history record checks from, and criminal history record checks for volunteers and students for field placement at child-placing agencies and children's advocacy centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2051"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2051 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00e827fe-69ab-4135-98d2-517c2d875cf6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9d421b55bdb6f2acbba3d586d30e56330136ba885d0fd79247e4bfad03562907"
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 2051 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapters 25-03.2 and 50-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fingerprint criminal history record investigations for psychiatric residential facilities for children and for shelter care programs; and to amend and reenact subdivision f of subsection 2 of section 12-60-24 and sections 25-03.2-03, 25-03.2-04, 50-06-01.9, 50-11-06.8, 50-12-03, and 50-25.1-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fingerprint criminal history record checks for certified family foster home for children providers and psychiatric residential treatment facility for children, identifying who the department of health and human services may require criminal history record checks from, and criminal history record checks for volunteers and students for field placement at child-placing agencies and children's advocacy centers.

Relating to fingerprint criminal history record investigations for psychiatric residential facilities for children and for shelter care programs; and to amend and reenact subdivision f of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 and sections 25‑03.2‑03, 25‑03.2‑04, 50‑06‑01.9, 50‑11‑06.8, 50‑12‑03, and 50‑25.1‑11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fingerprint criminal history record checks for certified family foster home for children providers and psychiatric residential treatment facility for children, identifying who the department of health and human services may require criminal history record checks from, and criminal history record checks for volunteers and students for field placement at child-placing agencies and children's advocacy centers.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8049-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8049-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8049-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8049-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2051 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2051 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2051 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Committee Hearing 08:45
- **2023-01-04** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2023-01-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:16
- **2023-03-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 11:40
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-11** Signed by President
- **2023-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Governor 04/13 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00e827fe-69ab-4135-98d2-517c2d875cf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).