---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to repeal section 44-04-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of blanks and records."
description: "Relating to the provision of blanks and records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2259"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2259 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d6f2e7f-f1d1-40df-8dae-1d9370a291e9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2c99ceb427ea4371ea3322c420b18af6c1a4c2bfd9532f14dca6f8ba25b52ec9"
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 2259 (69) — AN ACT to repeal section 44-04-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of blanks and records.

Relating to the provision of blanks and records.

## 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/25-1201-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1201-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2259 — **75–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2259 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Grindberg — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — 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`
- **2025-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:46
- **2025-01-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2025-03-20** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-26** Signed by President
- **2025-03-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-01** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d6f2e7f-f1d1-40df-8dae-1d9370a291e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).