republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/sb-2382.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vexatious litigation; and to declare an emergency.	Relating to vexatious litigation; and to declare an emergency.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	SB 2382	North Dakota SB 2382 (69)	bill		enacted	Jonathan Sickler	4	21	3	2025-01-27	2025-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4c88089e-d28e-49d5-9104-3f52a5e751fd	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	c5600113507cdec3628ab62b3605702460c58075a6c86312836dff64b07c09b2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota SB 2382 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vexatious litigation; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to vexatious litigation; and to declare an emergency.

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
3. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
4. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2382 — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2382 — 72–21 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2382 — 42–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jonathan Sickler — primary (person)
• David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-27 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2025-02-11 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2025-02-12 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-13 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-02-18 Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Received from Senate
• 2025-02-21 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2025-03-05 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2025-03-17 Committee Hearing 02:46
• 2025-03-18 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 6 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-19 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-03-20 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 72 nays 21 passage, reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Emergency clause carried
• 2025-03-21 Returned to Senate (12)
• 2025-03-25 Concurred
• 2025-03-25 Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 2, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2025-03-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-03-27 Signed by President
• 2025-03-27 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-03-31 Signed by Governor 03/28 executive-signature
• 2025-04-01 Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c88089e-d28e-49d5-9104-3f52a5e751fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).