---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 44-04-17.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of meeting."
description: "Relating to the definition of meeting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2047"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2047 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faa41cb5-8b6d-4e89-a3ab-f28af73e58cc"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2e2d556bc79cb82ed12e459aad3fde5938677b030c419cb0046c6c8ce41f6d78"
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 2047 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 44-04-17.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of meeting.

Relating to the definition of meeting.

## 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/23-8022-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8022-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8022-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2047 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2047 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 10:37
- **2023-01-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-16** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 03:20
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faa41cb5-8b6d-4e89-a3ab-f28af73e58cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).