---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-09.1 and a new section to chapter 40-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a county home rule charter and city home rule charter conforming with statute or court order; and to amend and reenact sections 11-09.1-06 and 40-05.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the amendment or repeal of a county and city home rule charter."
description: "Relating to a county home rule charter and city home rule charter conforming with statute or court order; and to amend and reenact sections 11‑09.1‑06 and 40‑05.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the amendment or repeal of a county and city home rule charter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2324"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2324 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Bekkedahl"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30746f61-c3d8-430d-a2a5-b8412441abfe"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8e34798fcd90af944afd10b30802d7b31328deeae2b79c782afc6baef7777e73"
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 2324 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-09.1 and a new section to chapter 40-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a county home rule charter and city home rule charter conforming with statute or court order; and to amend and reenact sections 11-09.1-06 and 40-05.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the amendment or repeal of a county and city home rule charter.

Relating to a county home rule charter and city home rule charter conforming with statute or court order; and to amend and reenact sections 11‑09.1‑06 and 40‑05.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the amendment or repeal of a county and city home rule charter.

## 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/25-0991-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0991-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0991-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0991-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2324 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2324 — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2324 — **85–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Grindberg — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Davison — 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 09:30
- **2025-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-02-04** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-11** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-03-18** Concurred
- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-21** Signed by President
- **2025-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/24 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30746f61-c3d8-430d-a2a5-b8412441abfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).