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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-51.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57-51-02.6, 57-51-05, and 57-51.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
+description: "Relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57‑51‑02.6, 57‑51‑05, and 57‑51.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "69"
+identifier: "SB 2397"
+citation: "North Dakota SB 2397 (69)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark Enget"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-27"
+last_action: "2025-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b98806ba-75a0-420e-85bb-d5d98896c016"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "92fb7ea9312cb810ed128b00e0aac689061f557f624d94d067d01c72e65e972f"
+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 2397 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-51.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57-51-02.6, 57-51-05, and 57-51.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
+
+Relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57‑51‑02.6, 57‑51‑05, and 57‑51.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1360-01000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1360-04000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — **89–5** (pass) · lower
+- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — **85–5** (pass) · lower
+- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark Enget — primary (person)
+- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
+- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-27** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
+- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 10:30
+- **2025-02-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-05** Received from Senate
+- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
+- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 10:30
+- **2025-04-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-22** Returned to Senate (12)
+- **2025-04-24** Refused to concur
+- **2025-04-24** Conference committee appointed Patten Rummel Sickler
+- **2025-04-25** Conference committee appointed Dockter Porter J. Olson
+- **2025-04-29** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Conference committee report adopted
+- **2025-05-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-01** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Conference committee report adopted
+- **2025-05-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-02** Signed by Speaker
+- **2025-05-02** Signed by President
+- **2025-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-17** Signed by Governor 05/05 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/06 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b98806ba-75a0-420e-85bb-d5d98896c016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+