---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-63.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to membership of the clean sustainable energy authority."
description: "Relating to membership of the clean sustainable energy authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2165"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2165 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa8c5ba-e9ac-4d2f-a28f-ec2f2c521abd"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c11fdc84acee269efbbf9ac8835115cf797cfe1cd6a4dbdd2b7a9bd5ccd6fb0b"
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 2165 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-63.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to membership of the clean sustainable energy authority.

Relating to membership of the clean sustainable energy authority.

## 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/23-0491-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0491-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0491-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2165 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2165 — **40–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 09:10
- **2023-02-02** Reported back, do pass 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-17** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-21** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment adopted
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-20** Signed by President
- **2023-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aa8c5ba-e9ac-4d2f-a28f-ec2f2c521abd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).