---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 4.1-02-03, 4.1-02-12, and 4.1-13-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to member districts and the assessments levied by the barley council and wheat commission."
description: "Relating to member districts and the assessments levied by the barley council and wheat commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2161"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2161 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Kessel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a83a186f-080f-4fe7-a784-d4c0b4d6ef81"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6a7f808af7c1d418c775a48d4d6cb6a866b023b2ea02911c743d56079e6e4c6a"
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 2161 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 4.1-02-03, 4.1-02-12, and 4.1-13-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to member districts and the assessments levied by the barley council and wheat commission.

Relating to member districts and the assessments levied by the barley council and wheat commission.

## 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/25-0616-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0616-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2161 — **79–11** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2161 — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Kessel — primary (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2025-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-17** Signed by President
- **2025-03-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/18 `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/a83a186f-080f-4fe7-a784-d4c0b4d6ef81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).