---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to criminal trespass and electronic posting; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to criminal trespass and electronic posting; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2144"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2144 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b1ec48d-0fdc-4da0-ba84-ed5d0a799fcc"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2144.html"
source_hash: "91b6c78ffabd49ff4ea9d23163f37822b8cb90c20462c30e763b6e19024c0126"
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 2144 (67) — Relating to criminal trespass and electronic posting; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/21-0428-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0428-06000.pdf)
3. **SENATE BILL NO. 2144 with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0428-04000.pdf)
4. **SENATE BILL NO. 2144 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0428-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Damschen — cosponsor (person)
- Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Tveit — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-23** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 86 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-08** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-08** Conference committee appointed Schaible Patten Erbele
- **2021-04-12** Conference committee appointed Heinert Damschen Ista
- **2021-04-15** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Conference committee report rejected
- **2021-04-19** New conference committee appointed Heinert Porter M. Ruby
- **2021-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Signed by President
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b1ec48d-0fdc-4da0-ba84-ed5d0a799fcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).