---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 12.1-32-08 and sections 27-03-05, 27-05.2-03, and 29-26-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to court fees."
description: "Relating to court fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2057"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2057 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c20bb605-ccff-4bf1-93da-2403adedbd3f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "cea542e7633fc47806d9e93138d50af051e39bb1614975ae446c3bca91ab8b25"
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 2057 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 12.1-32-08 and sections 27-03-05, 27-05.2-03, and 29-26-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to court fees.

Relating to court fees.

## 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/25-8031-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8031-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8031-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8031-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2057 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2057 — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2057 — **64–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-01-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-21** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 6 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 64 nays 24 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-02** Concurred
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-04** Signed by President
- **2025-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-09** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c20bb605-ccff-4bf1-93da-2403adedbd3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).