---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑22‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to treatment of property owned by a political subdivision when calculating protests against the formation of a special improvement district."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑22‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to treatment of property owned by a political subdivision when calculating protests against the formation of a special improvement district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2040"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2040 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS", "SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS - SEE ALSO PROPERTY TAX", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Legislative Management"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1eacc4ea-30ac-44f1-abcc-d1429cff9ab5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2040.html"
source_hash: "e179ae7e2250f1961f46fa6945c9ccc4fab70ec2670a2e0d69e6ce2afdeb1a3b"
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 2040 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑22‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to treatment of property owned by a political subdivision when calculating protests against the formation of a special improvement district.

## 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/19-0238-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0238-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0238-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0238-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0238-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0238-03000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Cook** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0238-01001a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Cook (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0238-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-14** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-05** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed Cook Kannianen Patten
- **2019-04-05** Conference committee appointed B. Koppelman Toman Eidson
- **2019-04-10** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-18** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1eacc4ea-30ac-44f1-abcc-d1429cff9ab5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).