---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the securities department; and to provide a report."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the securities department; and to provide a report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2011"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2011 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e73a3904-0add-4e1c-a716-7ed3c093315b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1543d1d1d100554931d0ea2f1258eb24675b24451e435bc34b818c6ca87b95c9"
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 2011 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the securities department; and to provide a report.

## 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/23-0265-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0265-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0265-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0265-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2011 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2011 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2011 — **90–0** (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`
- **2023-01-04** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 11:05
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 04:45
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 10:25
- **2023-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 04:45
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 04:59
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-12** Concurred
- **2023-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-13** Signed by President
- **2023-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/19 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e73a3904-0add-4e1c-a716-7ed3c093315b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).