---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 54-10-14, subsection 1 of section 54-10-15, and sections 61-35-09 and 61-35-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oversight of water districts."
description: "Relating to oversight of water districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2299"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2299 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Paulson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67868a3d-e1ce-4d87-9220-08069d73a211"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b05d6ed7c754b99cbf086771439729c7b407ac5a947a69680f39f180972228ec"
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 2299 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 54-10-14, subsection 1 of section 54-10-15, and sections 61-35-09 and 61-35-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oversight of water districts.

Relating to oversight of water districts.

## 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/25-0990-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0990-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0990-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2299 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2299 — **91–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Paulson — primary (person)
- Christina Wolff — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-21** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-31** Signed by President
- **2025-03-31** 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/67868a3d-e1ce-4d87-9220-08069d73a211`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).