---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 44‑04‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to protection for records related to critical infrastructure and security planning, mitigation, or threats."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 44‑04‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to protection for records related to critical infrastructure and security planning, mitigation, or threats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2209"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2209 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OPEN RECORDS", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "STATE AGENCIES - SEE ALSO STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Damschen", "Devlin", "Heckaman", "Holman", "Klein", "Myrdal"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b02e933-9c73-4ec1-a468-8a52128ff6cc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2209.html"
source_hash: "e1068443d3bab9da20fd82801d45cd5bac099869e67f50559f373afff4eb2daf"
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 2209 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 44‑04‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to protection for records related to critical infrastructure and security planning, mitigation, or threats.

## 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/19-0791-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0791-03000.pdf)
3. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Klein** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0791-01001a.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Klein (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0791-01001m.pdf)
5. **SENATE BILL NO. 2209 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0791-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Damschen — primary (person)
- Devlin — primary (person)
- Heckaman — primary (person)
- Holman — primary (person)
- Klein — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2019-01-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-23** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-03-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 82 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-02** Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-04** Signed by President
- **2019-04-04** 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/0b02e933-9c73-4ec1-a468-8a52128ff6cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).