---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of job service North Dakota; and to provide an exemption."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of job service North Dakota; and to provide an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2016"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2016 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbd10ed3-c6e5-4cda-8a7f-6a731290d69c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "447358983a75e64d457ecb6edcc23c54853466491d1b719e5a6848c60a793ffc"
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 2016 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of job service North Dakota; 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/25-0183-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0183-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0183-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2016 — **84–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2016 — **46–1** (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`
- **2025-01-13** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2025-02-04** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-04-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbd10ed3-c6e5-4cda-8a7f-6a731290d69c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).