---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 43‑07‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition for public contracts."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 43‑07‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition for public contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2120"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2120 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTORS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "STATE AGENCIES - SEE ALSO STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Political Subdivisions"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe819ba-4fd6-44a8-a60b-06ad8ad3c268"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2120.html"
source_hash: "a976bc0b91000846f81f48cb6c9e38f60c1e1fd6b79b2af40a20db30f3e1f121"
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 2120 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 43‑07‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition for public contracts.

## 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/17-8077-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8077-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 93 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Political Subdivisions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-01-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-01-13** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-03-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-08** Signed by President
- **2017-03-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fe819ba-4fd6-44a8-a60b-06ad8ad3c268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).