---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-33-02.1 and 58-03-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the regulation of odors in an animal feeding operation and zoning authority over animal feeding operations in counties and townships; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the regulation of odors in an animal feeding operation and zoning authority over animal feeding operations in counties and townships; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2174"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2174 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul J. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/998a8626-5bce-41b5-98b3-10b986b2faf4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "76e9c04322e367e904c2247a32454404e10d7bdd95ad5eef86ead5f17788b89f"
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 2174 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-33-02.1 and 58-03-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the regulation of odors in an animal feeding operation and zoning authority over animal feeding operations in counties and townships; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the regulation of odors in an animal feeding operation and zoning authority over animal feeding operations in counties and townships; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/25-0603-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0603-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0603-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2174 — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2174 — **66–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul J. Thomas — primary (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-01-30** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-03** Rereferred to Agriculture and Veterans Affairs
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2025-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 66 nays 25 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-31** Signed by President
- **2025-03-31** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/998a8626-5bce-41b5-98b3-10b986b2faf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).