---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to mobile home park tenant rights when ownership of the park is transferred; and to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to mobile home park tenant rights when ownership of the park is transferred; and to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2159"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2159 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4449b8bf-89ae-4a2a-865f-cdbe30a2e66b"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2159.html"
source_hash: "a7bed83f01a8f63a80ea478dc4748a7bf5cb4a28376df6c9ab2c4806534e8104"
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 2159 (67) — Relating to mobile home park tenant rights when ownership of the park is transferred; and to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/21-0204-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0204-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0204-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0204-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bellew — cosponsor (person)
- Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Poolman — cosponsor (person)
- Toman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-01-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-03-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2021-03-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 91 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-12** Laid over one legislative day
- **2021-04-14** Concurred
- **2021-04-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-16** Signed by President
- **2021-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor 04/19 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4449b8bf-89ae-4a2a-865f-cdbe30a2e66b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).