---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a research technology park grant program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide for a report."
description: "Relating to a research technology park grant program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide for a report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2256"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2256 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronald Sorvaag"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48c4fe32-1c4d-43ea-8ade-97900c15b50e"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "30a6605176e03b135d5f1ba9d4c205992b7bd87a5c513dc4f57c5c205c19c1e1"
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 2256 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a research technology park grant program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide for a report.

Relating to a research technology park grant program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide for a report.

## 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/25-0792-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0792-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0792-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0792-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2256 — **33–14** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2256 — **61–30** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2256 — **31–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ronald Sorvaag — primary (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Davison — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Request return from committee
- **2025-01-23** Rereferred to Workforce Development
- **2025-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-06** Reported back, do pass 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 33 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **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
- **2025-04-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 61 nays 30 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-23** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-23** Conference committee appointed Sorvaag Thomas Wobbema
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee appointed Stemen Fisher Schauer
- **2025-05-01** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-01** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-05-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 31 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-02** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-02** Signed by President
- **2025-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Signed by Governor 05/05 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/06 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48c4fe32-1c4d-43ea-8ade-97900c15b50e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).