---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 20.1‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulation of boats to prevent excessive noise; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 20.1‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulation of boats to prevent excessive noise; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2342"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2342 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS", "BOATS", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "GAME AND FISH", "WATER - SEE ALSO STATE WATER COMMISSION", "WATER - SEE ALSO STATE WATER COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandenburg", "Erbele"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c7f8b8c-5e13-40c0-b964-7c1801118582"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2342.html"
source_hash: "7167207f824133d608ac08254b03cfa874065574f56ea094090c2e84706f5e81"
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 2342 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 20.1‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulation of boats to prevent excessive noise; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/19-0987-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0987-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0987-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0987-04000.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Heinert** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0987-03001a.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Heinert (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0987-03001m.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Unruh** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0987-01003a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Unruh (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0987-01003m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brandenburg — primary (person)
- Erbele — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 37 nays 9 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 60 nays 25 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed Cook J. Roers Piepkorn
- **2019-04-05** Conference committee appointed Heinert Bosch Lefor
- **2019-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 29 nays 17 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-15** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-18** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c7f8b8c-5e13-40c0-b964-7c1801118582`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).