---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 12.1-23-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grading of theft offenses of values not exceeding five hundred dollars; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to grading of theft offenses of values not exceeding five hundred dollars; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2257"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2257 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janne Myrdal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ccc0dbc-59f5-4fc4-9951-863a4bda208c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "56e68cba8251c10b1f10b7cea423af68b474a4c72d5189520db87713e6186248"
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 2257 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 12.1-23-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grading of theft offenses of values not exceeding five hundred dollars; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to grading of theft offenses of values not exceeding five hundred dollars; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/25-1219-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1219-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2257 — **76–13** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2257 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janne Myrdal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2025-01-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Signed by President
- **2025-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ccc0dbc-59f5-4fc4-9951-863a4bda208c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).