---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the elimination of school district ending fund balance carryforward limitations, deductions from state aid formula payments, and school construction loan amounts; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the elimination of school district ending fund balance carryforward limitations, deductions from state aid formula payments, and school construction loan amounts; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2165"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2165 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bb117ab-8f73-462c-bbfa-670fb0d312c9"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2165.html"
source_hash: "af20dd0f207b0f4e792de1dc7cc355e24c08ed443b1ff6ffd743a4ef7c002ae4"
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 2165 (67) — Relating to the elimination of school district ending fund balance carryforward limitations, deductions from state aid formula payments, and school construction loan amounts; 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/21-0537-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0537-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0537-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0537-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Rust — cosponsor (person)
- Schaible — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-19** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **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, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-24** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2021-03-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-23** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-03-24** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-09** Concurred
- **2021-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Signed by President
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bb117ab-8f73-462c-bbfa-670fb0d312c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).