# North Dakota SB 2165: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 12-63-04 and sections 12-63-05 and 12-63-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the peace officer standards and training board and peace officer licensing fees. North Dakota SB 2165, AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 12-63-04 and sections 12-63-05 and 12-63-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the peace officer standards and training board and peace officer licensing fees., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Dean Rummel (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-01 (Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2165-202501 - As of: 2026-10-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: North Dakota SB 2165 - State: North Dakota - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 12-63-04 and sections 12-63-05 and 12-63-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the peace officer standards and training board and peace officer licensing fees. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-10 - Last action: 2025-04-01, Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31 - Sponsor: Dean Rummel (Republican) - Cosponsors: 4 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (122 yes, 9 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Stricter health checks for peace officers: cost, medium. North Dakota’s peace officer licensing board can require physical or psychological exams when it has cause and finds a public-safety need. It can also require exams before reinstatement and review related records; its written request authorizes their release. Those records are exempt from the cited… - Board sets peace officer licensing fees: cost, low. North Dakota’s peace officer licensing board must set licensing fees by rule. Fees cover exam applications, initial licenses, renewals, suspensions, reinstatement after revocation, and duplicate licenses. They also cover late sidearm qualification, late instructor renewal, and late license renewal.… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Dean Rummel (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Pat D. Heinert (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Claire Cory (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Diane Larson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jonathan Sickler (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-21 | House | Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 9 | pass | 75 | 9 | | | 2025-01-20 | Senate | Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 | pass | 47 | 0 | | ## Actions (15) - 2025-04-01: Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31 (House) - 2025-03-31: Signed by Governor 03/27 (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Sent to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-03-24: Returned to Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 9 (House) - 2025-03-20: Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 13 0 0 (House) - 2025-03-20: Committee Hearing 02:00 (House) - 2025-02-13: Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee (House) - 2025-01-21: Received from Senate (House) - 2025-01-20: Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Committee Hearing 02:01 (Senate) - 2025-01-10: Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrollment: [PDF](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0693-02000.pdf) - INTRODUCED: [PDF](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0693-01000.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 2390: AN ACT to create and enact three new sections to chapter 54-40.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a rural catalyst committee, grant program, and f… (signed) - HB 1298: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 39-06.1-06, 39-09-02, 39-09-04, and 39-09-07.1, and subsection 2 of section 40-05-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, rel… (signed) - HB 1229: AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39-06.1-06 and section 39-10-71.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to statuto… (signed) - SB 2113: AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to certified community behavioral health clinics and th… (signed) - SB 2147: AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 15-10-38.4, a new subsection to section 15-62.4-03, a new section to chapter 15-62.4, and a new subsecti… (signed) - SB 2018: AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of commerce; to provide an appropriation to the attorney general; to provide an… (signed) ## Sources - [Enrollment (PDF)](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0693-02000.pdf) - [INTRODUCED (PDF)](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0693-01000.pdf) ## Related - [SB 2390: AN ACT to create and enact three new sections to chapter 54-40.1 of the North D…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2390-202501) - [HB 1298: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 39-06.1-06, 39-09-02, 39-09-04, and 39-09-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-HB1298-202501) - [HB 1229: AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39-06.1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-HB1229-202501) - [SB 2113: AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakot…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2113-202501) - [SB 2147: AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 15-10-38.4, a new subsec…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2147-202501) - [SB 2018: AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2018-202501) - [North Dakota bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/north-dakota/bills) - [North Dakota state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/north-dakota) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ND-SB2165-202501 (as of 2026-10-18).