---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 8 of section 61-16.1-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to joint water resource boards; to repeal section 5 of Senate Bill No. 2020, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, relating to a transfer of Bank of North Dakota profits to the water infrastructure revolving loan fund; to provide for a transfer; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to joint water resource boards; to repeal section 5 of Senate Bill No. 2020, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, relating to a transfer of Bank of North Dakota profits to the water infrastructure revolving loan fund; to provide for a transfer; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2397"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2397 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-23"
last_action: "2023-10-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f962a1e-607b-470c-8698-29e29ebde4b4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d6c8da6e008a38eb562c83916a991f81d08be3ecee2329ea48935f3177776f03"
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 2397 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 8 of section 61-16.1-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to joint water resource boards; to repeal section 5 of Senate Bill No. 2020, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, relating to a transfer of Bank of North Dakota profits to the water infrastructure revolving loan fund; to provide for a transfer; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to joint water resource boards; to repeal section 5 of Senate Bill No. 2020, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, relating to a transfer of Bank of North Dakota profits to the water infrastructure revolving loan fund; to provide for a transfer; to provide for retroactive application; and to provide an effective 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/special/documents/23-1169-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/special/documents/23-1169-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — **87–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Policy Committee `introduction`
- **2023-10-23** Committee Hearing 10:20
- **2023-10-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-10-24** Received from Senate
- **2023-10-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Policy Committee `introduction`
- **2023-10-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-10-25** Returned to Senate
- **2023-10-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-10-25** Signed by President
- **2023-10-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** Signed by Governor 10/25 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 10/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f962a1e-607b-470c-8698-29e29ebde4b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).