---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 61-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to wild and scenic river designations."
description: "Relating to wild and scenic river designations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2097"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2097 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbccbeb3-2c6b-412a-800e-e94dc9e38258"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d3eb34b0213402f5226cd5cab65c0640aa829445072bc46ff12b8934c8782dc4"
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 2097 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 61-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to wild and scenic river designations.

Relating to wild and scenic river designations.

## 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/23-8120-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8120-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8120-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8120-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2097 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2097 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2097 — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Energy and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-06** Committee Hearing 08:45
- **2023-01-06** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-01-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 10:35
- **2023-03-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-15** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-03-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-05** Concurred
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbccbeb3-2c6b-412a-800e-e94dc9e38258`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).