---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 23.1‑04‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of environmental quality; to amend and reenact section 23.1‑01‑11, subsection 6 of section 23.1‑04‑15, and section 23.1‑08‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of environmental quality; to repeal section 23.1‑06‑03 and chapters 23.1‑09 and 61‑30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of environmental quality; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 23.1‑04‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of environmental quality; to amend and reenact section 23.1‑01‑11, subsection 6 of section 23.1‑04‑15, and section 23.1‑08‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of environmental quality; to repeal section 23.1‑06‑03 and chapters 23.1‑09 and 61‑30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of environmental quality; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2109"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2109 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Energy and Natural Resources"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db4c88d2-b65e-4f16-87c4-adce35f3ea5e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2109.html"
source_hash: "97de0ee0c23f641561a375db2868eea018d33998847550a8718151811675ce2b"
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 2109 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 23.1‑04‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of environmental quality; to amend and reenact section 23.1‑01‑11, subsection 6 of section 23.1‑04‑15, and section 23.1‑08‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of environmental quality; to repeal section 23.1‑06‑03 and chapters 23.1‑09 and 61‑30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of environmental quality; to provide an effective date; 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/19-8090-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8090-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8090-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8090-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8090-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Energy and Natural Resources — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 2, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db4c88d2-b65e-4f16-87c4-adce35f3ea5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).