---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57‑15‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to changes in school district tax levies; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57‑15‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to changes in school district tax levies; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2255"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2255 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS", "PROPERTY TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Schaible"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b860be7e-e83a-40d3-b9f3-a9f477eda22a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2255.html"
source_hash: "6743b0e70d04f912fa91798c3f175e08051e8e953459fc2d6e043b7a4465c6bf"
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 2255 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57‑15‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to changes in school district tax levies; 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/19-1065-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1065-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-23** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 78 nays 8 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-18** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-19** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b860be7e-e83a-40d3-b9f3-a9f477eda22a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).