---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the transfer of the international business and trade office from the department of commerce to the agriculture commissioner; to amend and reenact section 54‑60‑29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the unmanned aircraft systems program fund; to repeal section 54‑60‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the international business and trade office; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for a transfer; to provide for a report; and to provide an exemption."
description: "Relating to the transfer of the international business and trade office from the department of commerce to the agriculture commissioner; to amend and reenact section 54‑60‑29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the unmanned aircraft systems program fund; to repeal section 54‑60‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the international business and trade office; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for a transfer; to provide for a report; and to provide an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2018"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2018 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ad8a86f-c148-45f2-bfd6-74c0d9fa9d5c"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2018.html"
source_hash: "c3ec61f868feaf851ee13ec94e538df43adb1d0ef0960dac6274e2eca6fd14ff"
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 2018 (67) — Relating to the transfer of the international business and trade office from the department of commerce to the agriculture commissioner; to amend and reenact section 54‑60‑29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the unmanned aircraft systems program fund; to repeal section 54‑60‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the international business and trade office; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for a transfer; to provide for a report; and to provide an exemption.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0300-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0300-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0300-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0300-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0300-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Received from Senate
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2021-03-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-17** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-03-22** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2021-04-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 58 nays 35 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Emergency clause failed
- **2021-04-21** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-22** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-22** Conference committee appointed Bekkedahl Holmberg Heckaman
- **2021-04-26** Conference committee appointed Nathe Martinson Boe
- **2021-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Conference committee report rejected
- **2021-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 35 nays 12, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 61 nays 25 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Emergency clause failed
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-29** Signed by President
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Governor 05/10 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ad8a86f-c148-45f2-bfd6-74c0d9fa9d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).