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  0001475842
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001125376
  ENSIGN GROUP, INC
  001-33757
  29222 RANCHO VIEJO RD.
  SUITE 127
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
  CA
  92675
  (949) 487-9500
  Wittekind Beverly B.
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  10000
  1216549.21
  56665741
  03/14/2024
  NASDAQ
  Common
  05/26/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  121
  05/26/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  05/27/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  05/27/2023
  Compensation
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  05/28/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  05/30/2023
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  Compensation
  Common
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  /s/ Gerardo Ibarra-Munoz, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Beverly Wittekind