---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision a of subsection 4 of section 57-51-15 and paragraph 1 of subdivision b of subsection 5 of section 57-51-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations to counties."
description: "Relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations to counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2162"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2162 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a46069dc-34ea-407e-8875-cae8f9448b49"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6ed05aa04aab1444be6e66a26e67f6817ae66f7873c4624c12442e574c475324"
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 2162 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision a of subsection 4 of section 57-51-15 and paragraph 1 of subdivision b of subsection 5 of section 57-51-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations to counties.

Relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations to counties.

## 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/23-0496-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0496-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2162 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2162 — **86–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Beard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 10:05
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Signed by President
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a46069dc-34ea-407e-8875-cae8f9448b49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).