---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of veterans' affairs; to amend and reenact sections 37-15-03, 37-15-07, 37-15-16, 37-18-01, and 37-18-07, subsection 1 of section 37-18-12, and section 37-18.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the administrative committee on veterans' affairs; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the administrative committee on veterans' affairs; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2025"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2025 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf930cb3-d612-4813-97d6-73d13b7d1ff3"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "87cc237b5500b2d998e555a910a2cb49ba56afb19e91f9d5a7d9945632c2507c"
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 2025 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of veterans' affairs; to amend and reenact sections 37-15-03, 37-15-07, 37-15-16, 37-18-01, and 37-18-07, subsection 1 of section 37-18-12, and section 37-18.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the administrative committee on veterans' affairs; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the administrative committee on veterans' affairs; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; 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/25-0192-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0192-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0192-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0192-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2025 — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2025 — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2025 — **69–22** (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`
- **2025-01-14** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-04-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 69 nays 22 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-15** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-18** Concurred
- **2025-04-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-21** Signed by President
- **2025-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/22 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf930cb3-d612-4813-97d6-73d13b7d1ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).