---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1-73-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the fees for recording and rerecording livestock brands."
description: "Relating to the fees for recording and rerecording livestock brands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2139"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2139 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18c40b2b-0227-4650-80d0-20b3e0269e22"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b5f5ac0db550dff04f13ecd2452f00a1dd3d36bc77f1d656015b24d43c0ef537"
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 2139 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1-73-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the fees for recording and rerecording livestock brands.

Relating to the fees for recording and rerecording livestock brands.

## 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/25-0581-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0581-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2139 — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2139 — **86–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2025-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18c40b2b-0227-4650-80d0-20b3e0269e22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).