---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding article XIV of the Constitution of North Dakota and related issues."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding article XIV of the Constitution of North Dakota and related issues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2148"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2148 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CONSTITUTION", "DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS", "GOVERNOR - SEE ALSO EXECUTIVE BRANCH", "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY", "LEGISLATIVE BRANCH", "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "LOBBYING - SEE ALSO SECRETARY OF STATE", "LOBBYING - SEE ALSO SECRETARY OF STATE", "OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathern"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81f17c25-8f7f-41ff-8536-291c14080a54"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2148.html"
source_hash: "2666be7e8052797353cf1dffc18782b86b2c388e252f49464b34161f6caa5586"
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 2148 (66) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding article XIV of the Constitution of North Dakota and related issues.

## 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/19-0422-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-04000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Klemin** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-05013a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Klemin (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-05013m.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-04003a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Appropriations Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-04003m.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-02011a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senate Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-02011m.pdf)
10. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-05000.pdf)
11. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0422-06000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Mathern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Senate Select Committee on Ethics Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-02-06** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-02-12** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Amendment adopted
- **2019-02-15** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Ethics Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2019-04-10** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-04-18** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-04-22** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-04-23** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-04-25** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-26** Concurred
- **2019-04-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 04/30 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81f17c25-8f7f-41ff-8536-291c14080a54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).