---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public employees retirement system; and to provide a contingent appropriation."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public employees retirement system; and to provide a contingent appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2023"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2023 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfa0cecd-bcba-475c-b9c0-5e8e6c79c1f8"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "00ccc212fbfd02c195d49f53c3f9e5fc05fb24e82d8f9e9e28b3e328c8d96965"
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 2023 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public employees retirement system; and to provide a contingent appropriation.

## 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/23-0277-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0277-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0277-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0277-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0277-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2023 — **80–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2023 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2023 — **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`
- **2023-01-06** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:37
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 02:44
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 08:50
- **2023-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 04:20
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 11:03
- **2023-04-07** 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** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 80 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-11** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Dever Davison Mathern
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee appointed Meier Pyle Mock
- **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 44 nays 3 `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 82 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfa0cecd-bcba-475c-b9c0-5e8e6c79c1f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).