---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-10-01, subsection 5 of section 54-10-14, and sections 54-10-22 and 54-10-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to audits conducted by the state auditor and charges for audits."
description: "Relating to audits conducted by the state auditor and charges for audits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2251"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2251 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean Cleary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad77fb8e-1e0e-463c-a080-8329d2aad52d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "5a102562196a9d2539c197bc5c19e6eaf1cded92c24056e640c08de90ebd7938"
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 2251 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-10-01, subsection 5 of section 54-10-14, and sections 54-10-22 and 54-10-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to audits conducted by the state auditor and charges for audits.

Relating to audits conducted by the state auditor and charges for audits.

## 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/25-0851-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0851-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0851-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0851-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2251 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2251 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2251 — **23–23** (fail) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2251 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sean Cleary — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Division of bill
- **2025-02-03** Division A lost
- **2025-02-03** Division B passed `passage`
- **2025-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Motion to reconsider failed
- **2025-02-04** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2025-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-24** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 20 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-15** Concurred
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **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/ad77fb8e-1e0e-463c-a080-8329d2aad52d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).