---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 47‑31‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to injection or migration of substances into pore space; and to amend and reenact sections 38‑08‑25, 38‑11.1‑01, and 38‑11.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pore space and oil and gas production."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact section 47‑31‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to injection or migration of substances into pore space; and to amend and reenact sections 38‑08‑25, 38‑11.1‑01, and 38‑11.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pore space and oil and gas production."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2344"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2344 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "ENERGY - SEE ALSO PUBLIC UTILITIES; WIND ENERGY", "INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", "MINERAL INTERESTS", "MINERALS - SEE ALSO COAL; OIL AND GAS; MINERAL INTERESTS", "OIL AND GAS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Kempenich", "Porter", "Schaible", "Unruh"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2fd2813-8fc2-4257-8420-367e46a08f9b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2344.html"
source_hash: "77dbd05487a207ea15c696314cdddfdc2c6baf2728186d7215686b7a62ef7251"
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 2344 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact section 47‑31‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to injection or migration of substances into pore space; and to amend and reenact sections 38‑08‑25, 38‑11.1‑01, and 38‑11.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pore space and oil and gas production.

## 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/19-1141-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-02011a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-02011m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-02007a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-02007m.pdf)
6. **Adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-01002a.pdf)
7. **Adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-01002m.pdf)
8. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-05000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-02000.pdf)
10. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-04000.pdf)
11. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1141-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Kempenich — primary (person)
- Porter — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Unruh — 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`
- **2019-02-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-02-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-13** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 07:30
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-21** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-03-21** Committee Hearing 12:00
- **2019-03-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 65 nays 26 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-02** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-02** Conference committee appointed Unruh Schaible Piepkorn
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee appointed Keiser Roers Jones Mitskog
- **2019-04-15** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 34 nays 12 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 66 nays 24 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-18** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/19 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2fd2813-8fc2-4257-8420-367e46a08f9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).