---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-59-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to information technology standards and services."
description: "Relating to information technology standards and services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2073"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2073 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fb2e685-8d8c-4582-a93d-32e9cd68b54d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "76779d221eb28dfde2075414c7fdb4e37eaf3109f8d1a1d48815633295e85916"
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 2073 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-59-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to information technology standards and services.

Relating to information technology standards and services.

## 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/23-8009-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8009-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8009-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2073 — **80–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2073 — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- State and Local Government — 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 10:30
- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2023-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fb2e685-8d8c-4582-a93d-32e9cd68b54d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).