---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of veterans' affairs for a veterans' national cemetery grant; to authorize a line of credit; and to provide for a report."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of veterans' affairs for a veterans' national cemetery grant; to authorize a line of credit; and to provide for a report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2265"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2265 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Meyer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f343ca3-dc57-4cbe-a116-6cda44119c3c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8aaba45755c3527a5e43aa279e77c735770ff9b113a9af414130a4609132572f"
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 2265 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of veterans' affairs for a veterans' national cemetery grant; to authorize a line of credit; 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/25-0992-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0992-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0992-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0992-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0992-05000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0992-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2265 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2265 — **88–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2265 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2265 — **89–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Meyer — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Randy A. Burckhard — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-07** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-11** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-21** Reported back, do pass 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-17** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-18** Request return from committee
- **2025-04-21** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-21** Conference committee appointed Cleary Meyer Magrum
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee appointed T. Brown Grindberg Rohr
- **2025-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 88 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-01** Signed by President
- **2025-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f343ca3-dc57-4cbe-a116-6cda44119c3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).