---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the secretary of state's duty to distribute educational and informational materials before an election; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "Relating to the secretary of state's duty to distribute educational and informational materials before an election; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2230"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2230 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janne Myrdal"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a857cc-c5a9-462c-aa61-c51efdc40c13"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "fdd54dab7a1cec2c4665a46f9d94e64945085479edd5a3d4ecff5a710d47d0b1"
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 2230 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the secretary of state's duty to distribute educational and informational materials before an election; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an expiration date.

Relating to the secretary of state's duty to distribute educational and informational materials before an election; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an expiration date.

## 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/25-1189-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1189-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1189-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1189-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1189-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2230 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2230 — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2230 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janne Myrdal — primary (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-17** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from Senate
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment adopted
- **2025-04-01** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 19 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-16** Concurred
- **2025-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-21** Signed by President
- **2025-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/22 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a857cc-c5a9-462c-aa61-c51efdc40c13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).