---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the ethics commission; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide for a legislative management report."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the ethics commission; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide for a legislative management report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2024"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2024 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38f44f43-c554-4e2c-bec2-c50546da94cb"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3590e685f08f081c24385bedea04856dae2e17ed442e0cc9b47b7c00d89944f2"
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 2024 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the ethics commission; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide for a legislative management 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/23-0278-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0278-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0278-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0278-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0278-05000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0278-03000.pdf)
7. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0278-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2024 — **54–34** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2024 — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2024 — **52–39** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2024 — **37–10** (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`
- **2023-01-05** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 03:31
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 08:49
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **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 30 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 04:10
- **2023-04-07** Committee Hearing 09:37
- **2023-04-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 4 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-11** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 54 nays 34 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Emergency clause failed
- **2023-04-11** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Davison Dever Mathern
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Pyle Meier Mock
- **2023-04-20** 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 37 nays 10, Emergency clause carried `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 52 nays 39 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Emergency clause failed
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-26** Signed by President
- **2023-04-26** 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/38f44f43-c554-4e2c-bec2-c50546da94cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).