---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1‑21‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state forester reserve account."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1‑21‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state forester reserve account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2065"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2065 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOREST SERVICE", "STATE FORESTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government and Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c27834-6a59-4ed5-9e6b-5f118830c031"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2065.html"
source_hash: "3dd4ece49b7cdc526bbcd051ac6b15c1f2c2eb5fb703bdf3b751c76dfb81a444"
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 2065 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1‑21‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state forester reserve account.

## 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/19-8001-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8001-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8001-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Meyer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8001-01002a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Meyer (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8001-01002m.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`
- **2019-01-10** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-03-01** Reported back, do pass 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 19 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 15 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30c27834-6a59-4ed5-9e6b-5f118830c031`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).