---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 32-03.2-01 and 32-03.2-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to when a court or jury may give exemplary damages."
description: "Relating to when a court or jury may give exemplary damages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2290"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2290 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Dwyer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c08c664-2bf3-4c6d-ac4b-c911ab9949b3"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "44097f8e8aa3c350915eae1ffa284f4ce14c3cbe10215af334d85495ebcc6ad3"
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 2290 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 32-03.2-01 and 32-03.2-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to when a court or jury may give exemplary damages.

Relating to when a court or jury may give exemplary damages.

## 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/25-1203-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1203-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2290 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2290 — **88–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Dwyer — primary (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-02-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Governor 03/25 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c08c664-2bf3-4c6d-ac4b-c911ab9949b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).