---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-01-02 and 15-05-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the board of university and school lands and leases on state lands."
description: "Relating to the powers of the board of university and school lands and leases on state lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2302"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2302 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ed62ea6-0423-43b9-9755-2036e024faea"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "fc4a89d4e9004fe665c15e1ea87956b145ab4089e983e96de79633471807627a"
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 2302 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-01-02 and 15-05-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the board of university and school lands and leases on state lands.

Relating to the powers of the board of university and school lands and leases on state lands.

## 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/25-0531-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0531-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0531-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2302 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2302 — **83–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Beard — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — 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`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-21** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-27** Signed by President
- **2025-03-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-01** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ed62ea6-0423-43b9-9755-2036e024faea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).