---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the office of the secretary of state and public printing; and to amend and reenact section 54-09-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the secretary of state."
description: "Relating to the salary of the secretary of state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2002"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2002 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b8aab31-8265-438a-a6d5-95b329c8fb30"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "44e80050bbad441cb4f510e5811a297a536cff8d91976b5472737fd17c56c7f1"
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 2002 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the office of the secretary of state and public printing; and to amend and reenact section 54-09-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the secretary of state.

Relating to the salary of the secretary of state.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0256-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0256-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0256-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0256-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2002 — **86–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2002 — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2002 — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 10:20
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 03:50
- **2023-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 04:37
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 86 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-17** Concurred
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-19** Signed by President
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by Governor 04/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b8aab31-8265-438a-a6d5-95b329c8fb30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).