---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 54-52-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to employee participation in the public employees retirement system; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to employee participation in the public employees retirement system; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2227"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2227 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Bekkedahl"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c836bae0-9926-4aa0-994a-63003b2bd87b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "853abd637c39b3b89452066714dbf4ceb0235582ea64e93e9453b5e252fd60c9"
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 2227 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 54-52-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to employee participation in the public employees retirement system; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to employee participation in the public employees retirement system; to provide for retroactive application; 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/25-1187-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1187-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1187-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2227 — **85–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2227 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Clayton Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 6, Emergency clause carried `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/c836bae0-9926-4aa0-994a-63003b2bd87b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).