---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the game and fish department; to provide a contingent appropriation; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an exemption."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the game and fish department; to provide a contingent appropriation; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2017"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2017 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dac64e5e-c4db-4555-aa53-6864c6b3def2"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "462e16e7b8634793dd71a207f22a1ef2d0899f5c15652f58e06bc7db09fa66bf"
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 2017 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the game and fish department; to provide a contingent appropriation; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an exemption.

## 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/23-0271-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0271-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0271-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0271-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0271-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2017 — **73–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2017 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2017 — **45–2** (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`
- **2023-01-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-14** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 11:10
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 06:15
- **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 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 03:20
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-04-07** Committee Hearing 10:56
- **2023-04-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-04-11** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 73 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Meyer Schaible Rust
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Kempenich Brandenburg Monson
- **2023-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 67 nays 24 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor 04/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-29** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dac64e5e-c4db-4555-aa53-6864c6b3def2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).