---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 48‑01.2‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bond requirements for public improvements."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 48‑01.2‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bond requirements for public improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2147"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2147 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "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/5cbae1f5-4b4e-4d1f-b705-34e513be1281"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2147.html"
source_hash: "14628e034cc7fe7974835b37eac28ba2204041cdda2b0bc684e2ca6d0d07ea83"
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 2147 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 48‑01.2‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bond requirements for public improvements.

## 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/17-0673-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0673-02000.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 92 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- 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 43 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## 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 09:45
- **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 43 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-22** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Signed by President
- **2017-03-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cbae1f5-4b4e-4d1f-b705-34e513be1281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).