---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1-06-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to conducting and reporting postelection audits."
description: "Relating to conducting and reporting postelection audits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2175"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2175 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristin Roers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f327da4-1397-40d0-ace0-94da14604126"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "49d92f92a909434162cbd33852ea914a06371cd88806da83dfccc0284e9a324d"
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 2175 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1-06-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to conducting and reporting postelection audits.

Relating to conducting and reporting postelection audits.

## 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/25-0588-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0588-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0588-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2175 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2175 — **87–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kristin Roers — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Henderson — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Hendrix — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-29** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 01:30
- **2025-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Signed by President
- **2025-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f327da4-1397-40d0-ace0-94da14604126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).