---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-51-15 and 57-51.1-07.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations and the state share of oil and gas tax allocations; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an exemption; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations and the state share of oil and gas tax allocations; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an exemption; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2323"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2323 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Bekkedahl"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/142eef39-2744-4653-b802-b82d364debfa"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b1b5cddab9bcff1f869e70a51a07aac72d9117b132468774cb665138e5584e84"
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 2323 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-51-15 and 57-51.1-07.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations and the state share of oil and gas tax allocations; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an exemption; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations and the state share of oil and gas tax allocations; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an exemption; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/25-0911-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0911-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0911-04000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0911-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2323 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2323 — **74–17** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2323 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-01-29** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2025-02-10** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2025-02-10** Committee Hearing 03:34
- **2025-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Received from Senate
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-04-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 6 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted
- **2025-04-11** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-23** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 74 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-28** Concurred
- **2025-04-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-02** Signed by President
- **2025-05-02** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Signed by Governor 05/19 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/19 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/142eef39-2744-4653-b802-b82d364debfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).