---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the veterans' home; to create and enact a new section to chapter 37-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to meals provided to employees of the veterans' home; to provide an exemption; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to meals provided to employees of the veterans' home; to provide an exemption; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2007"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2007 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30c6f03-e5a7-45f2-b00c-e4a353523f4f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6bab9daadf2c526edad50fe7aa6025462d2fee48528e9c07a8f3c6a23723042d"
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 2007 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the veterans' home; to create and enact a new section to chapter 37-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to meals provided to employees of the veterans' home; to provide an exemption; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to meals provided to employees of the veterans' home; to provide an exemption; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/25-0174-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0174-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0174-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0174-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0174-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2007 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2007 — **88–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2007 — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2007 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-18** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 88 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-07** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-11** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-11** Conference committee appointed Davison Magrum Mathern
- **2025-04-15** Conference committee appointed B. Anderson O'Brien Murphy
- **2025-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-29** Signed by President
- **2025-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Governor 04/30 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** 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/e30c6f03-e5a7-45f2-b00c-e4a353523f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).