---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Indian affairs commission."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Indian affairs commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2005"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2005 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/276480ad-8a72-481b-b020-6c7f9df693b0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1fab500b945b7189a72c5f558183c4cf9420edf19b40f19b3fa41d02f4aa5e9c"
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 2005 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Indian affairs commission.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0172-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0172-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0172-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2005 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2005 — **86–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-01** Signed by President
- **2025-04-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/276480ad-8a72-481b-b020-6c7f9df693b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).