---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 24-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating state highway 91 as North Dakota's shortest highway; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
description: "Relating to designating state highway 91 as North Dakota's shortest highway; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2146"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2146 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Klein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4df0ad9-ae26-4100-be96-615c3c3ff55f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9cbba312a1a468522df191046e9b3175de577ae3f554fdc578f5a7a52075f2f0"
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 2146 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 24-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating state highway 91 as North Dakota's shortest highway; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

Relating to designating state highway 91 as North Dakota's shortest highway; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

## 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/23-0288-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0288-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2146 — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2146 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerry Klein — primary (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 2 `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/e4df0ad9-ae26-4100-be96-615c3c3ff55f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).