Bill Commons

ND SB 2382

enacted

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.

North Dakota · 2025 Regular Session (69th Legislative Assembly) · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did ND SB 2382 pass?

Yes. ND SB 2382 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-01): Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31

What is ND SB 2382 about?

Relating to vexatious litigation; and to declare an emergency.

Who sponsors ND SB 2382?

Jonathan Sickler is the primary sponsor of ND SB 2382, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Relating to vexatious litigation; and to declare an emergency.

Introduced
2025-01-27
Latest action
2025-04-01 — Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Jonathan Sicklerprimary
  • Mike Leforcosponsor
  • David Hoguecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-01

    Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31

    introduction

  2. 2025-03-31

    Signed by Governor 03/28

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-03-27

    Sent to Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-03-27

    Signed by President

  5. 2025-03-27

    Signed by Speaker

  6. 2025-03-25

    Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 2, Emergency clause carried

    passage,reading-2

  7. 2025-03-25

    Concurred

  8. 2025-03-21

    Returned to Senate (12)

  9. 2025-03-20

    Emergency clause carried

  10. 2025-03-20

    Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 72 nays 21

    passage,reading-2

  11. 2025-03-19

    Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

  12. 2025-03-18

    Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 6 1

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-03-17

    Committee Hearing 02:46

  14. 2025-03-05

    Committee Hearing 10:00

  15. 2025-02-21

    Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee

    introduction

  16. 2025-02-19

    Received from Senate

  17. 2025-02-18

    Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0

    passage,reading-2

  18. 2025-02-13

    Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

  19. 2025-02-12

    Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 1

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-02-11

    Committee Hearing 10:00

  21. 2025-01-27

    Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Motion for Final Passage on SB 2382

    2025-02-18 · pass · 45-0

    Member-level votes (47)
    • Michelle Axtman: yes
    • Jeff Barta: yes
    • Todd Beard: yes
    • Brad Bekkedahl: yes
    • Keith Boehm: yes
    • Josh Boschee: yes
    • Ryan Braunberger: yes
    • Randy A. Burckhard: yes
    • Jose L. Castaneda: yes
    • Sean Cleary: yes
    • David A. Clemens: yes
    • Cole Conley: yes
    • Claire Cory: yes
    • Kyle Davison: yes
    • Dick Dever: yes
    • Michael Dwyer: yes
    • Mark Enget: yes
    • Robert Erbele: yes
    • Justin Gerhardt: yes
    • Kathy Hogan: yes
    • David Hogue: yes
    • Greg Kessel: yes
    • Jerry Klein: yes
    • Diane Larson: yes
    • Judy Lee: yes
    • Randy D. Lemm: yes
    • Larry Luick: yes
    • Jeffery J. Magrum: yes
    • Tim Mathern: yes
    • Scott Meyer: yes
    • Janne Myrdal: yes
    • Dale Patten: yes
    • Bob Paulson: yes
    • Michelle Powers: yes
    • Kristin Roers: yes
    • Dean Rummel: yes
    • Donald Schaible: yes
    • Jonathan Sickler: yes
    • Ronald Sorvaag: yes
    • Paul J. Thomas: yes
    • Desiree van Oosting: yes
    • Chuck Walen: yes
    • Terry M. Wanzek: yes
    • Mark F. Weber: yes
    • Kent Weston: yes
    • Richard Marcellais: other
    • Mike Wobbema: other
  • Motion for Final Passage on SB 2382

    2025-03-20 · pass · 72-21

    Member-level votes (94)
    • Bert Anderson: yes
    • Dick Anderson: yes
    • Karen A. Anderson: yes
    • Landon Bahl: yes
    • Mike Beltz: yes
    • Mike Berg: yes
    • Macy Bolinske: yes
    • Glenn Bosch: yes
    • Mike Brandenburg: yes
    • Collette Brown: yes
    • Liz Conmy: yes
    • Jayme Davis: yes
    • Gretchen Dobervich: yes
    • Jason Dockter: yes
    • Clayton Fegley: yes
    • Lisa Finley-DeVille: yes
    • Jay Fisher: yes
    • Austin Foss: yes
    • Kathy Frelich: yes
    • Karen Grindberg: yes
    • Jim Grueneich: yes
    • LaurieBeth Hager: yes
    • Jared C. Hagert: yes
    • Karla Rose Hanson: yes
    • Patrick R. Hatlestad: yes
    • Craig Headland: yes
    • Pat D. Heinert: yes
    • Zachary Ista: yes
    • Jorin Johnson: yes
    • Jim Jonas: yes
    • Karen Karls: yes
    • Jim Kasper: yes
    • Keith Kempenich: yes
    • Lawrence R. Klemin: yes
    • Ben Koppelman: yes
    • Mike Lefor: yes
    • Donald W. Longmuir: yes
    • Scott Louser: yes
    • Andrew Marschall: yes
    • Bob Martinson: yes
    • Carrie McLeod: yes
    • Lisa Meier: yes
    • Alisa Mitskog: yes
    • David Monson: yes
    • Mike Motschenbacher: yes
    • Eric J. Murphy: yes
    • Mike Nathe: yes
    • Jon O. Nelson: yes
    • Anna S. Novak: yes
    • Emily O'Brien: yes
    • Jeremy L. Olson: yes
    • Mitch Ostlie: yes
    • Todd Porter: yes
    • Brandy L. Pyle: yes
    • David Richter: yes
    • Karen M. Rohr: yes
    • Dan Ruby: yes
    • Matthew Ruby: yes
    • Mark Sanford: yes
    • Bernie Satrom: yes
    • Austen Schauer: yes
    • Mary Schneider: yes
    • Cynthia Schreiber-Beck: yes
    • Vicky Steiner: yes
    • Gregory Stemen: yes
    • Steve Swiontek: yes
    • Nathan Toman: yes
    • Steve Vetter: yes
    • Daniel R. Vollmer: yes
    • Scott Wagner: yes
    • Jonathan Warrey: yes
    • Robin Weisz: yes
    • TJ Brown: no
    • Nels Christianson: no
    • Ty Dressler: no
    • Dori Hauck: no
    • Matthew Heilman: no
    • Donna Henderson: no
    • Jared Hendrix: no
    • Dawson Holle: no
    • Jeff Hoverson: no
    • Daniel Johnston: no
    • Roger A. Maki: no
    • Desiree Morton: no
    • Dennis Nehring: no
    • SuAnn Olson: no
    • Doug Osowski: no
    • Nico Rios: no
    • Mike Schatz: no
    • Bill Tveit: no
    • Lori VanWinkle: no
    • Don Vigesaa: no
    • Christina Wolff: no
    • Dwight Kiefert: other
  • Motion for Final Passage on SB 2382

    2025-03-25 · pass · 42-2

    Member-level votes (47)
    • Michelle Axtman: yes
    • Jeff Barta: yes
    • Todd Beard: yes
    • Keith Boehm: yes
    • Josh Boschee: yes
    • Ryan Braunberger: yes
    • Randy A. Burckhard: yes
    • Jose L. Castaneda: yes
    • Sean Cleary: yes
    • David A. Clemens: yes
    • Cole Conley: yes
    • Claire Cory: yes
    • Kyle Davison: yes
    • Dick Dever: yes
    • Mark Enget: yes
    • Robert Erbele: yes
    • Justin Gerhardt: yes
    • Kathy Hogan: yes
    • David Hogue: yes
    • Greg Kessel: yes
    • Jerry Klein: yes
    • Diane Larson: yes
    • Judy Lee: yes
    • Randy D. Lemm: yes
    • Larry Luick: yes
    • Richard Marcellais: yes
    • Tim Mathern: yes
    • Scott Meyer: yes
    • Janne Myrdal: yes
    • Dale Patten: yes
    • Bob Paulson: yes
    • Michelle Powers: yes
    • Kristin Roers: yes
    • Dean Rummel: yes
    • Donald Schaible: yes
    • Jonathan Sickler: yes
    • Ronald Sorvaag: yes
    • Paul J. Thomas: yes
    • Chuck Walen: yes
    • Terry M. Wanzek: yes
    • Mark F. Weber: yes
    • Mike Wobbema: yes
    • Jeffery J. Magrum: no
    • Desiree van Oosting: no
    • Brad Bekkedahl: other
    • Michael Dwyer: other
    • Kent Weston: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:27:00.806451Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=ND&identifier=SB 2382. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.