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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-60 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of an office of legal immigration; to provide an appropriation; and to provide for a report."
description: "Relating to the creation of an office of legal immigration; to provide an appropriation; and to provide for a report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2142"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2142 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Mathern"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db1804d7-83a1-4b5a-96e8-8c57824f2dc3"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c946da5e1c091004d07edb8113891e06e73caf9197d14762d87f7e5fc23e7421"
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 2142 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-60 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of an office of legal immigration; to provide an appropriation; and to provide for a report.
Relating to the creation of an office of legal immigration; to provide an appropriation; and to provide for a report.
## 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/23-0680-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0680-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0680-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0680-03000.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2142 — **415** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2142 — **395** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2142 — **6428** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tim Mathern — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary Ista — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 10:50
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:40
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Amendment adopted
- **2023-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Division of bill
- **2023-02-14** Division A passed `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Division B passed `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-23** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-24** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-04-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 64 nays 28 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-17** Concurred
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-19** Signed by President
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db1804d7-83a1-4b5a-96e8-8c57824f2dc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).