---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of developing a uniform county system of accounting."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of developing a uniform county system of accounting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2042"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2042 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - SEE ALSO COUNTIES", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "OIL AND GAS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "TAX COMMISSIONER", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Legislative Management"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fae73545-bed8-4f2f-85cc-e7d6b6b425da"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2042.html"
source_hash: "79f3fe291269349c8494ecf5b5c8162068676e4a0ce4498aaf51d96b6982b2b8"
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 2042 (66) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of developing a uniform county system of accounting.

## 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/19-0088-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0088-04000.pdf)
3. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Headland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0088-01002a.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Headland (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0088-01002m.pdf)
5. **SENATE BILL NO. 2042 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0088-03000.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`
- **2019-01-07** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-01-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-10** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-04-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-19** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-04-22** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-04-23** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 91 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-26** Concurred
- **2019-04-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 37 nays 9 `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 04/30 `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/fae73545-bed8-4f2f-85cc-e7d6b6b425da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).