---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57‑02‑51, 57‑09‑01, and 57‑11‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the meeting of the board of equalization of a township and a city."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57‑02‑51, 57‑09‑01, and 57‑11‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the meeting of the board of equalization of a township and a city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2189"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2189 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "CITIES", "PROPERTY", "TAXATION", "TAXATION", "TOWNSHIPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Hatlestad", "Kannianen", "Meyer", "Porter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c94e20c9-5044-4fd9-aed1-4c17065b9c48"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2189.html"
source_hash: "348a1726b16003cf90a46822da5726ad451336822124ee167fa0cd83161034ca"
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 2189 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57‑02‑51, 57‑09‑01, and 57‑11‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the meeting of the board of equalization of a township and a city.

## 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/19-0924-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0924-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0924-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Cook** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0924-01001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Cook (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0924-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Hatlestad — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Porter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-24** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-05** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-06** Signed by President
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-08** Signed by Governor 03/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-12** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c94e20c9-5044-4fd9-aed1-4c17065b9c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).