---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 29‑29.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the issuance of a tracking warrant for location information."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 29‑29.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the issuance of a tracking warrant for location information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2272"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2272 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "STATE AGENCIES - SEE ALSO STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grabinger", "Osland", "Roers Jones", "Schneider", "Unruh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a202d84-0724-440c-8bb5-34389695f07a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2272.html"
source_hash: "df235d230bdd04a60820208aa360cc79bb2e774b53bcb5d7a5d4af338a94d9c4"
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 2272 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 29‑29.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the issuance of a tracking warrant for location information.

## 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/19-8162-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8162-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Grabinger — primary (person)
- Osland — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **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
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-12** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-13** Signed by President
- **2019-03-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a202d84-0724-440c-8bb5-34389695f07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).