---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-52-02.9, 54-52-06, and 54-52.1-03.2, subsection 1 of section 54‑52.1‑03.3, and section 54-52.6-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to employer contributions to the public employees defined benefit plan, defined contribution plan, and retiree health plan and participation in the retiree health plan."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-52-02.9, 54-52-06, and 54-52.1-03.2, subsection 1 of section 54‑52.1‑03.3, and section 54-52.6-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to employer contributions to the public employees defined benefit plan, defined contribution plan, and retiree health plan and participation in the retiree health plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2046"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2046 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; STATE EMPLOY", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; STATE EMPLOY", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "RETIREMENT", "RETIREMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government and Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0118d6f3-d483-434f-9f72-de60b7522c89"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2046.html"
source_hash: "016439109835d6f2d76dae33f8a99bc7aa67694d320af56d67fe54b7b0b28177"
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 2046 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-52-02.9, 54-52-06, and 54-52.1-03.2, subsection 1 of section 54‑52.1‑03.3, and section 54-52.6-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to employer contributions to the public employees defined benefit plan, defined contribution plan, and retiree health plan and participation in the retiree health plan.

## 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/19-0129-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0129-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Government and Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-11** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2019-02-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 8 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-19** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 08:15
- **2019-03-25** Reported back, do pass 10 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 8 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 64 nays 27 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Signed by President
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0118d6f3-d483-434f-9f72-de60b7522c89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).