---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the definition of the practice of land surveying."
description: "Relating to the definition of the practice of land surveying."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2243"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2243 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9919761b-ef5d-448e-81d5-6096e5a44d45"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2243.html"
source_hash: "d87f0b9207df0b1aa6ca1dcc2ecd402e5d49ff248c48a4e3103922e36ae1a6ab"
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 2243 (67) — Relating to the definition of the practice of land surveying.

## 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/21-0779-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0779-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Burckhard — cosponsor (person)
- Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Longmuir — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2021-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-17** Signed by President
- **2021-03-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9919761b-ef5d-448e-81d5-6096e5a44d45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).