---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for capital projects of various state departments and institutions; to authorize the industrial commission to issue and sell evidences of indebtedness for capital projects; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for capital projects of various state departments and institutions; to authorize the industrial commission to issue and sell evidences of indebtedness for capital projects; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2297"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2297 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS", "BONDS", "BUILDINGS - SEE ALSO CONSTRUCTION", "CONSTRUCTION", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "EXTENSION SERVICE", "HIGHER EDUCATION - SEE ALSO BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION", "INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", "NORTHERN CROPS INSTITUTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howe", "Robinson", "Roers Jones", "Sorvaag", "Wardner"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be1bf798-0f61-49fe-9467-c65ccabc2e24"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2297.html"
source_hash: "2029276d39c7733ab05cb31aff04274ffc86d7977815e41195b1cc38f62153d8"
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 2297 (66) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for capital projects of various state departments and institutions; to authorize the industrial commission to issue and sell evidences of indebtedness for capital projects; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/19-1021-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-03000.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Pollert** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-02003a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Pollert (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-02003m.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Holmberg** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-02005a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Holmberg (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-02005m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Sorvaag** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-01002a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Sorvaag (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1021-01002m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Howe — primary (person)
- Robinson — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Sorvaag — primary (person)
- Wardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-04-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 3 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 68 nays 20 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-15** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-15** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-16** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee appointed Sorvaag Holmberg Robinson
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee appointed Vigesaa Sanford Boe
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 74 nays 17 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be1bf798-0f61-49fe-9467-c65ccabc2e24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).