---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-40.6-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency services communications systems."
description: "Relating to emergency services communications systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2296"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2296 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Walen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f8e575-6e1b-4395-a88b-e80ed160af30"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3bba693ed932eee9d5c7fa96102f343ac25b71e39fb059f4f604246fbf7e6d27"
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 2296 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-40.6-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency services communications systems.

Relating to emergency services communications systems.

## 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/25-1288-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1288-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1288-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2296 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2296 — **84–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Walen — primary (person)
- Clayton Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Enget — 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`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-28** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 10 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-04** Signed by President
- **2025-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-09** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6f8e575-6e1b-4395-a88b-e80ed160af30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).