---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 53-06.1-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the payment of a veterans organization's club expenses with net proceeds from charitable gaming."
description: "Relating to the payment of a veterans organization's club expenses with net proceeds from charitable gaming."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2288"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2288 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dick Dever"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c45af3b9-4d43-467e-a245-ee70270bd2fb"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "afb217470b85769c2d9ebade9773d6084d2bc0d66da3ee6b7b503890503ea2e1"
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 2288 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 53-06.1-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the payment of a veterans organization's club expenses with net proceeds from charitable gaming.

Relating to the payment of a veterans organization's club expenses with net proceeds from charitable gaming.

## 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/25-1291-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1291-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2288 — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2288 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dick Dever — primary (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dwyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-21** Signed by President
- **2025-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/24 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c45af3b9-4d43-467e-a245-ee70270bd2fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).