---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study, relating to the impact of political subdivisions levying special assessments against other political subdivisions and the overall impact on taxpayers."
description: "Relating to the impact of political subdivisions levying special assessments against other political subdivisions and the overall impact on taxpayers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2359"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2359 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Clemens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c02785cc-45b8-4e34-80b6-a29e0b22b92d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6329b75620320f1e92c20257a9bee0441127f11527ea3fc3e9a434e0732607c9"
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 2359 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study, relating to the impact of political subdivisions levying special assessments against other political subdivisions and the overall impact on taxpayers.

Relating to the impact of political subdivisions levying special assessments against other political subdivisions and the overall impact on taxpayers.

## 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/23-1099-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1099-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1099-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2359 — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2359 — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David A. Clemens — primary (person)
- Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **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 92 nays 0 `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/c02785cc-45b8-4e34-80b6-a29e0b22b92d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).