---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a rural grocery store sustainability and food access expansion pilot grant program."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a rural grocery store sustainability and food access expansion pilot grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2273"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2273 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janne Myrdal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adaadc83-fed1-4a8c-8e31-8f62bb1f79c8"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "65522335b8a09c4bb270090a66786a9576b853b854bf878c77787fc9587cd5b0"
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 2273 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a rural grocery store sustainability and food access expansion pilot 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/23-0708-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0708-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2273 — **80–12** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2273 — **80–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2273 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2273 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janne Myrdal — primary (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Rose Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-01-27** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 08:45
- **2023-02-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-03-09** Reported back, do pass 11 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 80 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 02:22
- **2023-03-31** Refused to concur
- **2023-03-31** Conference committee appointed Myrdal Weston Hogan
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee appointed Beltz S. Olson Monson
- **2023-04-11** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-13** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 80 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-17** Signed by President
- **2023-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adaadc83-fed1-4a8c-8e31-8f62bb1f79c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).