---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to social investments made by the state investment board and the boycott of energy or commodities companies; to provide for a department of commerce study of the implications of complete divestment of companies that boycott energy or commodities; and to provide for reports to legislative management; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to social investments made by the state investment board and the boycott of energy or commodities companies; to provide for a department of commerce study of the implications of complete divestment of companies that boycott energy or commodities; and to provide for reports to legislative management; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2291"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2291 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a516d00-285f-4e20-a99a-987c3aa045bd"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2291.html"
source_hash: "1f9b1e7c94585d1d38a64bbdc944d1d2150ab78beaecdbafa5b518f15a1b20fc"
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 2291 (67) — Relating to social investments made by the state investment board and the boycott of energy or commodities companies; to provide for a department of commerce study of the implications of complete divestment of companies that boycott energy or commodities; and to provide for reports to legislative management; 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/21-0717-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0717-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0717-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-04** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-02-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 12, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-22** Signed by President
- **2021-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/23 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a516d00-285f-4e20-a99a-987c3aa045bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).