---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 48‑01.2‑02.1 and 48‑01.2‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public improvement bid and bond thresholds."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 48‑01.2‑02.1 and 48‑01.2‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public improvement bid and bond thresholds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2146"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2146 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS", "BONDS", "CONTRACTORS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Campbell", "Kannianen", "Laffen", "Sukut"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04700576-be4b-4a99-a824-15c6c5ce6f60"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2146.html"
source_hash: "d8263cc4e9d6567fc736ede56114fb11746f5e176ebf843074f95898946d9677"
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 2146 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 48‑01.2‑02.1 and 48‑01.2‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public improvement bid and bond thresholds.

## 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/17-0672-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0672-02000.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 44 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **44–0** (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 91 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beadle — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- Laffen — primary (person)
- Sukut — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-06** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-01-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-13** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2017-03-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-21** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Signed by President
- **2017-03-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor 03/24 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04700576-be4b-4a99-a824-15c6c5ce6f60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).