republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2163.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50‑25.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the financial exploitation of vulnerable adults; to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 50‑25.2‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of financial exploitation; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50‑25.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the financial exploitation of vulnerable adults; to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 50‑25.2‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of financial exploitation; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2163"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2163 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delmore", "Dever", "Heckaman", "Hogan", "J. Lee", "K. Koppelman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/426f681e-2119-4099-a4ae-c5d517a120a8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2163.html"
source_hash: "a6d6d412cea76a9d7755a29c836a18067174161730567d2c7f9bc85816734b5e"
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 2163 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50‑25.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the financial exploitation of vulnerable adults; to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 50‑25.2‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of financial exploitation; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/17-0268-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0268-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0268-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0268-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0268-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0268-03000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Klemin** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0268-02001a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Klemin (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0268-02001m.pdf)

## Votes

- 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 44 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **44–0** (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, 2 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- 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

## Sponsors

- Delmore — primary (person)
- Dever — primary (person)
- Heckaman — primary (person)
- Hogan — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-17** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2017-01-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Request return from committee
- **2017-03-02** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2017-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 2 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Returned to Senate (12)
- **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/426f681e-2119-4099-a4ae-c5d517a120a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).