---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-12-29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the distribution of the unobligated cash balance of a dissolved school district."
description: "Relating to the distribution of the unobligated cash balance of a dissolved school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2158"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2158 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Schaible"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/406667e6-575c-471c-a9bb-e6a266ab4609"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6e7cb5abd607ed7ad4cb5b66ff6e572477e09e78d6f950c714ca3a2fcb9150cc"
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 2158 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-12-29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the distribution of the unobligated cash balance of a dissolved school district.

Relating to the distribution of the unobligated cash balance of a dissolved school district.

## 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/25-0300-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0300-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0300-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Consideration of Amendments on SB 2158 — **12–35** (fail) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2158 — **38–9** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2158 — **59–31** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald Schaible — primary (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick R. Hatlestad — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-01-21** Reported back amended, without recommendation 6 0 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22** Amendment adopted
- **2025-01-23** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Amendment failed `amendment-failure`
- **2025-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 38 nays 9, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-24** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-03-28** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 7 2 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-31** Laid over three legislative days
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 59 nays 31 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Emergency clause failed
- **2025-04-07** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Governor 04/15 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/406667e6-575c-471c-a9bb-e6a266ab4609`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).