---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1‑21‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tampering with or damaging a critical infrastructure facility or a public service; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1‑21‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tampering with or damaging a critical infrastructure facility or a public service; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2044"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2044 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "OIL AND GAS", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES", "PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Damschen", "Myrdal", "Oehlke", "Schmidt", "Unruh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/928b9672-6679-4665-a60f-a9d741fa19d2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2044.html"
source_hash: "d5312bd04670af9c4d8a562bbf27863a095ab368b0512a89070e3dd55897c7e5"
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 2044 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1‑21‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tampering with or damaging a critical infrastructure facility or a public service; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/19-0124-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0124-04002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0124-04002m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0124-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0124-04000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0124-05000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Unruh** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0124-02005a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Unruh (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0124-02005m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Damschen — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)
- Oehlke — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-18** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 1 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 14 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-03** Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-05** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-12** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/928b9672-6679-4665-a60f-a9d741fa19d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).