---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 18-04-05 and section 18-05.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the firefighters death benefits fund."
description: "Relating to the firefighters death benefits fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2135"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2135 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Klein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c95d6c5f-9808-4d89-baa0-f5a654a67fd8"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d6dfcf5732a83026cc6b35d7a55cb42df7435216391b716d68edc69aed4e74ff"
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 2135 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 18-04-05 and section 18-05.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the firefighters death benefits fund.

Relating to the firefighters death benefits fund.

## 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/25-0691-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0691-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2135 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2135 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerry Klein — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-22** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-14** Signed by President
- **2025-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c95d6c5f-9808-4d89-baa0-f5a654a67fd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).