---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to payments for purchases, communication with elected officials, and the procurement information website; and to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 54‑44.4‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency purchases."
description: "Relating to payments for purchases, communication with elected officials, and the procurement information website; and to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 54‑44.4‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency purchases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2162"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2162 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1344f2db-525b-414e-8c95-3ad4726b0b94"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2162.html"
source_hash: "665322f9892ceff0b6be7a53483c3771d04d32dfc553c0cd8d457b9a6a4e6cc6"
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 2162 (67) — Relating to payments for purchases, communication with elected officials, and the procurement information website; and to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 54‑44.4‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency purchases.

## 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/21-0190-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0190-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0190-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Monson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2021-02-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-25** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-03-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Returned to Senate
- **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/1344f2db-525b-414e-8c95-3ad4726b0b94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).