---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the insurance commissioner for a North Dakota firefighter's association grant; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the insurance commissioner for a North Dakota firefighter's association grant; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2218"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2218 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Klein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb075364-f69b-4f32-8c55-bc130b4aa527"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b319a15d5d866e0600d780c59749082739ec616fd71e3aee68914bf96d60411b"
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 2218 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the insurance commissioner for a North Dakota firefighter's association grant; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/25-1151-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1151-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2218 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2218 — **68–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerry Klein — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Erbele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-01-29** Reported back, do pass 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-13** Reported back, do pass 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-31** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 12 10 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** Laid over three legislative days
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 22, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **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/cb075364-f69b-4f32-8c55-bc130b4aa527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).