---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the highway patrol; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an exemption."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the highway patrol; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2011"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2011 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/814c4fb5-5bcf-45b5-b3a8-c9d2029e57c1"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "372c2fcd1f4a35ee59dd9c99f58274433610850742ce37a520f4c9c6eb4af8b1"
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 2011 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the highway patrol; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an exemption.

## 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/25-0178-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0178-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0178-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0178-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0178-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2011 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2011 — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2011 — **84–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2011 — **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 10:00
- **2025-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 3 `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 02:30
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-04-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 84 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-14** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-14** Conference committee appointed Sickler Erbele Burckhard
- **2025-04-15** Conference committee appointed Pyle Kempenich Meier
- **2025-04-21** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** 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`
- **2025-04-28** 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/814c4fb5-5bcf-45b5-b3a8-c9d2029e57c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).