---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to tobacco product manufacturer certification, service, and reporting requirements; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to tobacco product manufacturer certification, service, and reporting requirements; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2259"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2259 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d1ec263-b1ae-4054-8f78-fb79858df8df"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2259.html"
source_hash: "91545844ba4739a4cf585c44bb57211a057d07515345fc360ef5b426b70838c7"
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 2259 (67) — Relating to tobacco product manufacturer certification, service, and reporting requirements; 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/21-0889-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0889-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Davison — cosponsor (person)
- Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — 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`
- **2021-01-25** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **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`
- **2021-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 66 nays 26 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** 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/7d1ec263-b1ae-4054-8f78-fb79858df8df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).