---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for the base retention grant program."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for the base retention grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2240"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2240 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randy A. Burckhard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca811d9-5679-4ba9-869c-5e84b302ad22"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7044f664353507517fb39bfbdf2358bebdd5c9a7e0c36d9d91bde001a8eb5d2f"
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 2240 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for the base retention grant program.

## 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/23-0884-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0884-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2240 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2240 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2240 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2240 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2240 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randy A. Burckhard — primary (person)
- Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bellew — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 09:17
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 18 3 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee appointed Burckhard Meyer J. Roers
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Nelson B. Anderson Mitskog
- **2023-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reconsidered
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/08 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca811d9-5679-4ba9-869c-5e84b302ad22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).