---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state fair association; to repeal section 4.1-45-22.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state fair facility operations and maintenance costs; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to state fair facility operations and maintenance costs; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2009"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2009 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13bd0d3d-e662-42fa-ba7d-6cb91109d2a2"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "cdba48eb1b1165a64c3511d30425ee5b2dceba3ca20510fb5bb8e5af62e4f49a"
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 2009 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state fair association; to repeal section 4.1-45-22.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state fair facility operations and maintenance costs; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to state fair facility operations and maintenance costs; 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/25-0176-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0176-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0176-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0176-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0176-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2009 — **76–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2009 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2009 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2009 — **76–14** (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 10:30
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-07** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-09** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-09** Conference committee appointed Thomas Conley Meyer
- **2025-04-14** Conference committee appointed Nathe Martinson Swiontek
- **2025-04-29** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-05-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 76 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-02** Signed by President
- **2025-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13bd0d3d-e662-42fa-ba7d-6cb91109d2a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).