---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43-01-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fees chargeable by abstracters."
description: "Relating to fees chargeable by abstracters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2320"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2320 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Larsen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a809287c-a17f-4bdf-bbc4-e6cd06edcef5"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "22c68a00ea115b644620654c7cb8ec1d2a2b951c9a0fb17e05639c03a023da2f"
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 2320 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43-01-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fees chargeable by abstracters.

Relating to fees chargeable by abstracters.

## 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/23-0791-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0791-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0791-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2320 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2320 — **59–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doug Larsen — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:32
- **2023-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 59 nays 33 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-09** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a809287c-a17f-4bdf-bbc4-e6cd06edcef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).