---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exemption from insurance regulations for nonprofit agricultural membership organizations."
description: "Relating to exemption from insurance regulations for nonprofit agricultural membership organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2349"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2349 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Klein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79f639ed-3940-492c-a0d2-d7cf13d40ab9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a4629ab907166f7bd4d28f7fc2fbe430b0aaa66de94a4de8a94ff02a14e14167"
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 2349 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exemption from insurance regulations for nonprofit agricultural membership organizations.

Relating to exemption from insurance regulations for nonprofit agricultural membership organizations.

## 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/23-1070-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1070-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2349 — **27–17** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2349 — **76–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2349 — **35–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerry Klein — primary (person)
- Dennis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-02-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 27 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-10** Concurred
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 35 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President
- **2023-04-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Governor 04/13 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79f639ed-3940-492c-a0d2-d7cf13d40ab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).