---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 53-06.1-01 and 53-06.1-03, subsection 3 of section 53-06.1-10.1, subsection 5 of section 53-06.1-11, and subsection 10 of section 53-06.1-15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of alcoholic beverage establishment and manufacturer, approval for a gaming site authorization and licensure, the maximum number of gaming sites allowed, the maximum number of pull tab devices allowed at a site, gaming licenses for alcoholic beverage establishments, electronic fifty-fifty raffles, rent limits for electronic pull tab devices, and the imposition of monetary fines for violations by third-party businesses; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the definitions of alcoholic beverage establishment and manufacturer, approval for a gaming site authorization and licensure, the maximum number of gaming sites allowed, the maximum number of pull tab devices allowed at a site, gaming licenses for alcoholic beverage establishments, electronic fifty-fifty raffles, rent limits for electronic pull tab devices, and the imposition of monetary fines for violations by third-party businesses; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2304"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2304 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Klein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27221827-4ecf-4732-8335-2fc7701bcf65"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f547509a77a91618a374177b52b87d0526c85dff29329bba7ddba97f07b9dc37"
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 2304 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 53-06.1-01 and 53-06.1-03, subsection 3 of section 53-06.1-10.1, subsection 5 of section 53-06.1-11, and subsection 10 of section 53-06.1-15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of alcoholic beverage establishment and manufacturer, approval for a gaming site authorization and licensure, the maximum number of gaming sites allowed, the maximum number of pull tab devices allowed at a site, gaming licenses for alcoholic beverage establishments, electronic fifty-fifty raffles, rent limits for electronic pull tab devices, and the imposition of monetary fines for violations by third-party businesses; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the definitions of alcoholic beverage establishment and manufacturer, approval for a gaming site authorization and licensure, the maximum number of gaming sites allowed, the maximum number of pull tab devices allowed at a site, gaming licenses for alcoholic beverage establishments, electronic fifty-fifty raffles, rent limits for electronic pull tab devices, and the imposition of monetary fines for violations by third-party businesses; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/23-0974-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0974-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0974-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0974-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0974-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2304 — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2304 — **35–12** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2304 — **38–9** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2304 — **53–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerry Klein — primary (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-02-14** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 35 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Request return from committee
- **2023-03-03** Rereferred to Industry, Business and Labor
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-04-11** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-04-12** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-04-14** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-04-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-19** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 53 nays 40 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-21** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee appointed Luick Paulson Sickler
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee appointed Koppelman Thomas Warrey
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 38 nays 9, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 81 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27221827-4ecf-4732-8335-2fc7701bcf65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).