---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-04-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the use of blinds, boats, and decoys in taking ducks and geese."
description: "Relating to the use of blinds, boats, and decoys in taking ducks and geese."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2245"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2245 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Dwyer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f95b4dd-9c2b-464f-824c-f96e24136e91"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "82b6885ee7990815da380376d89d7a00d89a4361627d79969d73436d165b0941"
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 2245 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-04-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the use of blinds, boats, and decoys in taking ducks and geese.

Relating to the use of blinds, boats, and decoys in taking ducks and geese.

## 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/25-1167-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1167-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2245 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2245 — **90–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Dwyer — primary (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f95b4dd-9c2b-464f-824c-f96e24136e91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).