---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL to provide for a legislative management study of the scope of practice and regulation of electricians."
description: "A BILL to provide for a legislative management study of the scope of practice and regulation of electricians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2359"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2359 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRICIANS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS", "ELECTRICIANS - SEE ALSO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "STATE ELECTRICAL BOARD - SEE ALSO ELECTRICIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burckhard", "J. Roers", "Kannianen", "Kempenich", "Schmidt", "Vigesaa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/971e72a0-8ee3-4fd7-ad44-6b5a66f2f06a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2359.html"
source_hash: "d922a189f993984662eefeaf914d43742c166c84ff2cb5beb2484fea07ddf880"
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 2359 (66) — A BILL to provide for a legislative management study of the scope of practice and regulation of electricians.

## 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/19-0442-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0442-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0442-03000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Kannianen** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0442-02005a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Kannianen (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0442-02005m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Burckhard — primary (person)
- J. Roers — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- Kempenich — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Vigesaa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-02-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-14** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 10 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-22** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-26** Signed by President
- **2019-03-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/971e72a0-8ee3-4fd7-ad44-6b5a66f2f06a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).