---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 54-17.6-06.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to clean natural gas capture and emissions reduction; and to designate funding from the oil and gas research fund."
description: "Relating to clean natural gas capture and emissions reduction; and to designate funding from the oil and gas research fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2089"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2089 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b7d417b-71a6-4cfe-88f1-30bc87654ffd"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ec8f10561af77c11ddbcf24d9bc872b3119ea9e44b1a67a1803aa3f13dfd6d3b"
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 2089 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact section 54-17.6-06.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to clean natural gas capture and emissions reduction; and to designate funding from the oil and gas research fund.

Relating to clean natural gas capture and emissions reduction; and to designate funding from the oil and gas research fund.

## 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/23-8076-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8076-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8076-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8076-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8076-06000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8076-05000.pdf)
7. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8076-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2089 — **41–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2089 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2089 — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2089 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Finance and Taxation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:46
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 10:31
- **2023-01-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Amendment adopted
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 11:40
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-03-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-20** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-17** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Patten Kannianen Piepkorn
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed Bosch D. Anderson Meier
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 91 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b7d417b-71a6-4cfe-88f1-30bc87654ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).