---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recall elections for members of a governing body of a city; and to amend and reenact section 16.1-01-09.1 and subsection 1 of section 44-08-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recall petitions and recall elections for political subdivision officials."
description: "Relating to recall elections for members of a governing body of a city; and to amend and reenact section 16.1‑01‑09.1 and subsection 1 of section 44‑08‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recall petitions and recall elections for political subdivision officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2269"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2269 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristin Roers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2d59a01-5807-4b5d-997c-64563a3bb92b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "79ed494d3712dc861512d97d1a6eb37bc04dbcea971c19d981318e5e7e9ac0c1"
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 2269 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recall elections for members of a governing body of a city; and to amend and reenact section 16.1-01-09.1 and subsection 1 of section 44-08-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recall petitions and recall elections for political subdivision officials.

Relating to recall elections for members of a governing body of a city; and to amend and reenact section 16.1‑01‑09.1 and subsection 1 of section 44‑08‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recall petitions and recall elections for political subdivision officials.

## 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/25-1278-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1278-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1278-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1278-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2269 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2269 — **56–32** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2269 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristin Roers — primary (person)
- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Christy — 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`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2025-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2025-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 1 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 56 nays 32 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-09** Concurred
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2d59a01-5807-4b5d-997c-64563a3bb92b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).