---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15‑03‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a continuing appropriation for investments controlled by the board of university and school lands."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15‑03‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a continuing appropriation for investments controlled by the board of university and school lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2081"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2081 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL LANDS", "EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government and Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c113e80-13a5-413c-83dd-8855b1f5f6ce"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2081.html"
source_hash: "517f035ce1a9f86aa0b9ddd3e96a0ae90b2a5b1f9ec5236b4ea2078dec381e80"
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 2081 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15‑03‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a continuing appropriation for investments controlled by the board of university and school lands.

## 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/19-8027-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8027-02000.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`
- **2019-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2019-01-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-22** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 08:15
- **2019-03-08** Reported back, do pass 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 19 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 78 nays 12 `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/3c113e80-13a5-413c-83dd-8855b1f5f6ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).