---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a rural grocery store sustainability grant program."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a rural grocery store sustainability grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2228"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2228 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janne Myrdal"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1a33ea3-da7f-4807-b24f-2ed012a530d8"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0ba791075f03d8fcd5dbfb2eae962449e94f5b3d3de6370c608cdb2c6395fd28"
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 2228 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a rural grocery store sustainability grant program.

## 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/25-1205-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1205-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1205-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2228 — **75–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2228 — **40–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janne Myrdal — primary (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Rose Hanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-07** Committee Hearing 10:43
- **2025-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-02-12** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-12** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from Senate
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-18** Reported back, do pass 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 18 3 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-18** Signed by President
- **2025-04-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1a33ea3-da7f-4807-b24f-2ed012a530d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).