---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for an insurance commissioner study of lignite coal industry insurance; and to provide for a report to the legislative management."
description: "AN ACT to provide for an insurance commissioner study of lignite coal industry insurance; and to provide for a report to the legislative management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2287"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2287 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b8f76ca-5bcf-405e-9286-7ae9df6567bd"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2287.html"
source_hash: "bb24f10ee0504794fce395e3639c076aff278c2ea90e106ad5084ba82b633ab9"
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 2287 (67) — AN ACT to provide for an insurance commissioner study of lignite coal industry insurance; and to provide for a report to the legislative management.

## 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/21-0978-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0978-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Delzer — cosponsor (person)
- Kreidt — cosponsor (person)
- Nehring — cosponsor (person)
- Wardner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-03** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2021-02-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** Received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-10** Signed by President
- **2021-03-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b8f76ca-5bcf-405e-9286-7ae9df6567bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).