---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the required uses of the agricultural products utilization fund; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the required uses of the agricultural products utilization fund; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2053"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2053 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/702dcf3a-502d-4266-836d-355351d2432a"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2053.html"
source_hash: "1acc49e47226fb4b1cce2d76bbb9e59285cf634a92e4b0be7612161bfb5b7bfd"
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 2053 (67) — Relating to the required uses of the agricultural products utilization fund; 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.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8007-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8007-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8007-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Agriculture — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-07** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2021-01-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-13** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-18** Signed by President
- **2021-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/702dcf3a-502d-4266-836d-355351d2432a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).