---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 17-04-07 and 35-27-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to wind energy facility liens."
description: "Relating to wind energy facility liens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2261"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2261 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan L. Kannianen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5915fa92-05e4-48f2-bbba-5b3a49852c2b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "fffa12d067d3926e291de748faf8e858a6e0b4868fa6844d174bab1db0868ca2"
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 2261 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 17-04-07 and 35-27-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to wind energy facility liens.

Relating to wind energy facility liens.

## 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/23-0938-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0938-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2261 — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2261 — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2261 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2261 — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jordan L. Kannianen — primary (person)
- Bert Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Clayton Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Curt Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- David S. Rust — cosponsor (person)
- Donald W. Longmuir — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 11:40
- **2023-02-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 1 `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
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 09:35
- **2023-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 0 5 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-10** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-10** Conference committee appointed Kannianen Beard Boehm
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee appointed Roers Jones Heinert Novak
- **2023-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** 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/5915fa92-05e4-48f2-bbba-5b3a49852c2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).