---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 17‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liens and wind energy property rights."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 17‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liens and wind energy property rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2254"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2254 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY - SEE ALSO PUBLIC UTILITIES; WIND ENERGY", "LIENS - SEE ALSO CIVIL ACTIONS", "PUBLIC UTILITIES", "WIND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dwyer", "Kannianen", "Longmuir", "Patten", "Schatz", "Zubke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10568b23-aa0f-4e92-b2fe-e0680d62f235"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2254.html"
source_hash: "757a5f56b4a771c7ae3c63fce37adbfe249d397c5207f9832670fe659727ea6c"
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 2254 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 17‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liens and wind energy property rights.

## 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/19-1079-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1079-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dwyer — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- Longmuir — primary (person)
- Patten — primary (person)
- Schatz — primary (person)
- Zubke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-01-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-04** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Signed by President
- **2019-04-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Governor 04/04 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-08** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10568b23-aa0f-4e92-b2fe-e0680d62f235`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).