---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54‑44.6‑08 and 54‑46‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to records management and forms management."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54‑44.6‑08 and 54‑46‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to records management and forms management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2078"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2078 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT", "PARK DISTRICTS", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Political Subdivisions"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bccf24f4-4112-4268-84d1-d97622d35c94"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2078.html"
source_hash: "a2e30046a0d95c82202896a5717a03721057d369bb3a7add5a3d924db76879a8"
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 2078 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54‑44.6‑08 and 54‑46‑12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to records management and forms management.

## 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/19-8023-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Political Subdivisions Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8023-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Political Subdivisions Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8023-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8023-03000.pdf)
5. **SENATE BILL NO. 2078 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8023-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Political Subdivisions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-04** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-01-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-09** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-05** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-03-08** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-11** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed Kannianen D. Larson Dotzenrod
- **2019-04-08** Conference committee appointed Hatlestad Magrum Guggisberg
- **2019-04-09** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-10** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-18** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bccf24f4-4112-4268-84d1-d97622d35c94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).