---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to payment of fees and costs for removal of an official.for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 44‑11‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the obligations to prosecute the removal of an official."
description: "Relating to payment of fees and costs for removal of an official.for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 44‑11‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the obligations to prosecute the removal of an official."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2068"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2068 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8acd4aa1-820b-42c0-a291-b21c4911b94d"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2068.html"
source_hash: "2ff068c5c12e2f43a3b6ec5ceb7edcd43890b2546f983c7d265e3e7be6630484"
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 2068 (67) — Relating to payment of fees and costs for removal of an official.for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 44‑11‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the obligations to prosecute the removal of an official.

## 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/21-8035-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8035-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8035-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-8035-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Political Subdivisions — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-07** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-01-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-03-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-11** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-07** Concurred
- **2021-04-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-09** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8acd4aa1-820b-42c0-a291-b21c4911b94d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).