---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 6‑09‑15.5 and subsection 1 of section 6‑09.11‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to loans for family farmers."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 6‑09‑15.5 and subsection 1 of section 6‑09.11‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to loans for family farmers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2197"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2197 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA", "DEBTOR AND CREDITOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erbele", "Headland", "Howe", "Poolman", "Pyle", "Unruh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4a1ee88-bf50-4fc3-b16b-8cebd74b0618"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2197.html"
source_hash: "1ff2f09993a5eb3ab6c36ee5f897ec9b6a3a09794c1a38057ec22972e686ef7f"
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 2197 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 6‑09‑15.5 and subsection 1 of section 6‑09.11‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to loans for family farmers.

## 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/19-0853-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0853-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0853-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Klein** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0853-01001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Klein (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0853-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Erbele — primary (person)
- Headland — primary (person)
- Howe — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Request return from committee
- **2019-02-28** Rereferred to Agriculture
- **2019-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** 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/e4a1ee88-bf50-4fc3-b16b-8cebd74b0618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).