---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of the livestock-friendly county designation."
description: "Relating to the establishment of the livestock-friendly county designation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2373"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2373 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Erbele"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d7247c-281e-4855-bc4d-1977960a3120"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "65c06e6d35b1596a0ef7c9ac53e053fb7a8059265abf367b9923725c5db5abd8"
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 2373 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of the livestock-friendly county designation.

Relating to the establishment of the livestock-friendly county designation.

## 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/23-1089-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1089-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2373 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2373 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Erbele — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-20** Signed by President
- **2023-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2d7247c-281e-4855-bc4d-1977960a3120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).