---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of various state departments and institutions; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of various state departments and institutions; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2025"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2025 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/388b8f7e-3538-4719-98ba-9bd6c6ca191f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "71bf4424e4d4008f9b8c7d44514daf24d4fd063bdbd506397692085eff302a69"
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 2025 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of various state departments and institutions; 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/23-0279-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0279-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0279-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0279-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2025 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2025 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2025 — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 08:10
- **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 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-03-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 91 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-03-22** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-11** Signed by President
- **2023-04-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/388b8f7e-3538-4719-98ba-9bd6c6ca191f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).