---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-11-40 and 57-51.1-07.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state energy research center and the center's funding."
description: "Relating to the state energy research center and the center's funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2161"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2161 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Sickler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f263b9b-c262-4b99-8f5f-8a2b18025016"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "25ca2838cacac55a375e88e402c2aac69b779562aa0b0602c8bc38f51c081856"
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 2161 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-11-40 and 57-51.1-07.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state energy research center and the center's funding.

Relating to the state energy research center and the center's funding.

## 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/23-0397-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0397-07000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2161 — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2161 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2161 — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2161 — **80–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Sickler — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 10:11
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-20** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-03-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-20** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 11:05
- **2023-03-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 80 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-06** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee appointed Patten Boehm Beard
- **2023-04-11** Conference committee appointed Bosch D. Anderson B. Anderson
- **2023-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by Governor 04/26 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-29** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f263b9b-c262-4b99-8f5f-8a2b18025016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).