---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 43‑09‑11 and sections 43‑09‑15 and 43‑09‑15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electrician qualifications and license renewal; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 43‑09‑11 and sections 43‑09‑15 and 43‑09‑15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electrician qualifications and license renewal; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2056"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2056 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRICIANS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "STATE ELECTRICAL BOARD - SEE ALSO ELECTRICIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burckhard", "Devlin", "Kannianen", "Keiser", "Kempenich", "Klein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ed45328-b17b-4b8f-b9bf-3222cbf8afc8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2056.html"
source_hash: "b3ca5b0ebb8b8f655047858e5a6794aef1b24e821d1c1cab2dd06d94e5aa1a3d"
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 2056 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 43‑09‑11 and sections 43‑09‑15 and 43‑09‑15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electrician qualifications and license renewal; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/19-0441-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0441-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0441-03000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Kannianen** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0441-02001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Kannianen (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0441-02001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Burckhard — primary (person)
- Devlin — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- Keiser — primary (person)
- Kempenich — primary (person)
- Klein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-18** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-02-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-04** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-05** Signed by President
- **2019-03-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Governor 03/06 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/07 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ed45328-b17b-4b8f-b9bf-3222cbf8afc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).