---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for veterans' spouses and dependents burial fees at the veterans' cemetery; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for veterans' spouses and dependents burial fees at the veterans' cemetery; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2195"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2195 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADJUTANT GENERAL - SEE ALSO NATIONAL GUARD", "APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS", "VETERANS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS", "VETERANS' CEMETERY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dever", "G. Lee", "Laning", "M. Ruby", "Marcellais", "Trottier"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45625d1-c993-4de7-ae0e-a517ef86ebe3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2195.html"
source_hash: "ebc74eda3c94c173b174da65fbe768147fa5f14ba790d1db08cb663dcefa45a8"
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 2195 (66) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for veterans' spouses and dependents burial fees at the veterans' cemetery; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/19-0933-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-04000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-03000.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-02003a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-02003m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Vedaa** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-01001a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Vedaa (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0933-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dever — primary (person)
- G. Lee — primary (person)
- Laning — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- Marcellais — primary (person)
- Trottier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-31** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-08** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2019-02-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-12** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment adopted
- **2019-03-19** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-20** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 19 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 44 nays 46 `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Requested Senate to return
- **2019-03-27** Returned to House
- **2019-03-28** Reconsidered
- **2019-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 64 nays 27 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-02** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-02** Conference committee appointed Vedaa Elkin Marcellais
- **2019-04-09** Conference committee appointed Schauer Karls Johnston
- **2019-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 69 nays 21 `reading-2, passage`
- **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/a45625d1-c993-4de7-ae0e-a517ef86ebe3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).