---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 43-07-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to license fees and license renewal fees for nonprofit construction contractors; and to amend and reenact section 43-07-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contractor licensing exceptions."
description: "Relating to license fees and license renewal fees for nonprofit construction contractors; and to amend and reenact section 43‑07‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contractor licensing exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2207"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2207 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Merrill Piepkorn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/209dee12-c827-4152-a713-aa225ef1b64a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "539b04f75f3e511f1cd9cacc93bcf857db425f404a6d88642fe4da3a7071933c"
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 2207 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 43-07-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to license fees and license renewal fees for nonprofit construction contractors; and to amend and reenact section 43-07-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contractor licensing exceptions.

Relating to license fees and license renewal fees for nonprofit construction contractors; and to amend and reenact section 43‑07‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contractor licensing exceptions.

## 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/23-0066-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0066-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0066-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2207 — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2207 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Merrill Piepkorn — primary (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Rose Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Randy A. Burckhard — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-03-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-03** Signed by President
- **2023-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by Governor 04/04 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/209dee12-c827-4152-a713-aa225ef1b64a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).