---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-35-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the energy development and transmission committee."
description: "Relating to the energy development and transmission committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2289"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2289 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eea39f78-4539-4e59-8736-a11b0b2bfaef"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ba30eebd93d8abb1a963b3d2e15c4eb0c106647c8f029083fa0e8bd8b3bdedda"
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 2289 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-35-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the energy development and transmission committee.

Relating to the energy development and transmission committee.

## 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/23-0954-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0954-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2289 — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2289 — **89–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — 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.

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **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 44 nays 0 `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 10:20
- **2023-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-31** Signed by President
- **2023-03-31** 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/eea39f78-4539-4e59-8736-a11b0b2bfaef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).