---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-16-04.1 and 54-16-04.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency commission and budget section approval to accept and disburse federal funds and state special funds; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to emergency commission and budget section approval to accept and disburse federal funds and state special funds; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2029"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2029 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19247012-cb18-4e95-a036-525b6a0d1b83"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c5ea699d295874273833d483dc5733fefe54a65dcaca263785459bd86c5de0f1"
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 2029 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-16-04.1 and 54-16-04.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency commission and budget section approval to accept and disburse federal funds and state special funds; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to emergency commission and budget section approval to accept and disburse federal funds and state special funds; 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/23-0284-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0284-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0284-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0284-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0284-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2029 — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2029 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2029 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2029 — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2023-01-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-10** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-01-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-13** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 11:35
- **2023-03-10** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 11 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-15** Laid over three legislative days
- **2023-03-21** Laid over three legislative days
- **2023-03-24** Rereferred to Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-03** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-07** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-07** Conference committee appointed K. Roers Estenson Cleary
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Steiner Rohr Schauer
- **2023-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **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 as amended, yeas 91 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/26 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-28** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19247012-cb18-4e95-a036-525b6a0d1b83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).