---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-63.1-03 and 54-63.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the membership of the clean sustainable energy authority and the clean sustainable energy fund line of credit; and to provide for a transfer."
description: "Relating to the membership of the clean sustainable energy authority and the clean sustainable energy fund line of credit; and to provide for a transfer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2188"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2188 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42176019-41d5-46bb-9178-31e036979665"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3bfd11de1a3f55b4201653aaafdb349555a351844865d7703ecc6e832bf3dad1"
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 2188 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-63.1-03 and 54-63.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the membership of the clean sustainable energy authority and the clean sustainable energy fund line of credit; and to provide for a transfer.

Relating to the membership of the clean sustainable energy authority and the clean sustainable energy fund line of credit; and to provide for a transfer.

## 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/25-0563-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0563-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0563-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0563-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0563-06000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0563-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2188 — **65–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2188 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2188 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2188 — **68–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27** Amendment adopted
- **2025-01-27** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2025-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-19** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 68 nays 24 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-24** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee appointed Patten Kessel Beard
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee appointed Bosch J. Olson J. Johnson
- **2025-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 65 nays 26 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-01** Signed by President
- **2025-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Signed by Governor 05/12 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42176019-41d5-46bb-9178-31e036979665`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).