---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a pilot program to provide grants to schools that provide instruction in a foreign language to students in kindergarten through grade three; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to a pilot program to provide grants to schools that provide instruction in a foreign language to students in kindergarten through grade three; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2275"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2275 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Luick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3093529-c458-481c-adcb-39be0083686b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2fe90cb00e8a3e7d788c7d70e2b460f9d604cfd3956a9198d019938fea4d3223"
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 2275 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a pilot program to provide grants to schools that provide instruction in a foreign language to students in kindergarten through grade three; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to a pilot program to provide grants to schools that provide instruction in a foreign language to students in kindergarten through grade three; 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/25-0702-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0702-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0702-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2275 — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2275 — **68–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry Luick — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Davison — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-01-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 24 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-17** Signed by President
- **2025-03-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/18 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3093529-c458-481c-adcb-39be0083686b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).