---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public employees retirement system; to provide for a report; and to provide for transfers."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public employees retirement system; to provide for a report; and to provide for transfers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2023"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2023 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d2a2e78-3f4e-4ef8-af2a-ed1d80654ccb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2023.html"
source_hash: "045f201303daf58e5641159245e6b90744b5c7ed399d4ab776b4b04f4f588e76"
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 2023 (66) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public employees retirement system; to provide for a report; and to provide for transfers.

## 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/66-2019/documents/19-0236-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-01003a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-01003m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-04000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-03000.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations - Government Operations Division Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-02002a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations - Government Operations Division Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-02002m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Krebsbach** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-02004a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Krebsbach (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0236-02004m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-02-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-19** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2019-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 86 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-11** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-11** Conference committee appointed Krebsbach Poolman Robinson
- **2019-04-15** Conference committee appointed Bellew Kempenich Mock
- **2019-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 15 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d2a2e78-3f4e-4ef8-af2a-ed1d80654ccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).