---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 61-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water conveyance projects and works."
description: "Relating to water conveyance projects and works."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2153"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2153 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Dwyer"]
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/8faebf33-80a4-4281-bf79-8d13e123a76f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "11c4e447ce56c0c3aa32d8965773b7c860f767121da757eda48f84c2dbb5bbae"
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 2153 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 61-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water conveyance projects and works.

Relating to water conveyance projects and works.

## 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/25-0509-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0509-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2153 — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2153 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Dwyer — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 01:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1 `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/8faebf33-80a4-4281-bf79-8d13e123a76f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).