---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-11 and a new section to chapter 40-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the power of counties and municipalities to prohibit local development by a foreign adversary; to amend and reenact section 47-01-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition on ownership of real property by a foreign adversary; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "Relating to the power of counties and municipalities to prohibit local development by a foreign adversary; to amend and reenact section 47‑01‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition on ownership of real property by a foreign adversary; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2371"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2371 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Paulson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e52b7b52-074f-4418-b64b-8efc7cc84532"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "531698828c2caf9377b576eb405c39440e9ff64037a42c3828b909a9fbbc5f2d"
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 2371 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-11 and a new section to chapter 40-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the power of counties and municipalities to prohibit local development by a foreign adversary; to amend and reenact section 47-01-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition on ownership of real property by a foreign adversary; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide an expiration date.

Relating to the power of counties and municipalities to prohibit local development by a foreign adversary; to amend and reenact section 47‑01‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition on ownership of real property by a foreign adversary; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide an expiration date.

## 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/23-1043-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1043-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1043-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1043-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1043-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2371 — **87–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2371 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2371 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2371 — **83–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Paulson — primary (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff A. Hoverson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 11:04
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2023-04-19** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-19** Conference committee appointed Sickler Paulson Estenson
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed Thomas S. Olson Schreiber-Beck
- **2023-04-25** 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 47 nays 0 `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 83 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **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/e52b7b52-074f-4418-b64b-8efc7cc84532`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).