---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43-30-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fees charged by the North Dakota private investigative and security board; to provide for a performance audit of the North Dakota private investigative and security board; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to fees charged by the North Dakota private investigative and security board; to provide for a performance audit of the North Dakota private investigative and security board; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2051"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2051 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95d00b59-944c-41f4-82d0-08db20b14ccd"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c4540f8045b9c23cfdb027f644b0a4980ea46d1bda81f0a4af06f7a292737531"
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 2051 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43-30-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fees charged by the North Dakota private investigative and security board; to provide for a performance audit of the North Dakota private investigative and security board; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to fees charged by the North Dakota private investigative and security board; to provide for a performance audit of the North Dakota private investigative and security board; 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/25-8022-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8022-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8022-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8022-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2051 — **85–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2051 — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2051 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Industry and Business — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Committee Hearing 10:10
- **2025-01-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-16** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-31** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-01** Request return from committee
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-07** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-15** Concurred
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-18** Signed by President
- **2025-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95d00b59-944c-41f4-82d0-08db20b14ccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).