---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to creating a farm management program within the department of agriculture; to amend and reenact section 15-20.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state board of career at technical education; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to creating a farm management program within the department of agriculture; to amend and reenact section 15‑20.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state board of career at technical education; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2274"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2274 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Kessel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a28ff75c-7be4-45c4-ad80-c028e1dc0c26"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "5d967e36ea4679236822d30339a9f9d6433123830690444eb4b91473ae695c90"
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 2274 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to creating a farm management program within the department of agriculture; to amend and reenact section 15-20.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state board of career at technical education; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to creating a farm management program within the department of agriculture; to amend and reenact section 15‑20.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the state board of career at technical education; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/25-1117-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1117-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2274 — **81–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2274 — **42–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Kessel — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wanzek — 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`
- **2025-01-31** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-01-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-10** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-17** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-14** Reported back, do pass 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-01** Signed by President
- **2025-04-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a28ff75c-7be4-45c4-ad80-c028e1dc0c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).