---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the attorney general; to amend and reenact sections 53-12.1-09 and 54-12-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transfers from the lottery operating fund to the multijurisdictional drug task force grant fund and the salary of the attorney general; to provide a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to transfers from the lottery operating fund to the multijurisdictional drug task force grant fund and the salary of the attorney general; to provide a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2003"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2003 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e7ead42-4fe2-4101-a9fb-f8bb1de6bf22"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "785462e7195d2dab73a34936bc743467847678be0e5d36c6debafe484df79dc8"
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 2003 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the attorney general; to amend and reenact sections 53-12.1-09 and 54-12-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transfers from the lottery operating fund to the multijurisdictional drug task force grant fund and the salary of the attorney general; to provide a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to transfers from the lottery operating fund to the multijurisdictional drug task force grant fund and the salary of the attorney general; to provide a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a legislative management study; 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](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0257-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0257-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0257-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0257-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0257-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2003 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2003 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2003 — **84–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2003 — **87–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 01:30
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-02-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 06:10
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 05:13
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 84 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Dwyer J. Roers Wanzek
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Nathe Schatz Hanson
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/08 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e7ead42-4fe2-4101-a9fb-f8bb1de6bf22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).