---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 58‑04‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to compensation of township elections workers."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 58‑04‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to compensation of township elections workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2205"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2205 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS", "TOWNSHIPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dotzenrod", "J. Lee", "K. Koppelman", "Kannianen", "Klemin", "Zubke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84195a05-af20-4d79-887b-6b95a7d6fdf8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2205.html"
source_hash: "8efd4d5db2d55c035dba0a6523303b0f69c89d1ba807c12a2772dc0d1f06ba23"
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 2205 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 58‑04‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to compensation of township elections workers.

## 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/17-0845-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0845-02000.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 91 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dotzenrod — primary (person)
- J. Lee — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- Klemin — primary (person)
- Zubke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-01-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-17** Signed by President
- **2017-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84195a05-af20-4d79-887b-6b95a7d6fdf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).