---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 53-06.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of alcoholic beverage establishment for purposes of conducting gaming; and to provide for a legislative management study."
description: "Relating to the definition of alcoholic beverage establishment for purposes of conducting gaming; and to provide for a legislative management study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2334"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2334 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin Gerhardt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d17e2d-dc6f-48b1-a66c-ef88b1685f5d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7b21cd7f0be32bcea139be919e4e60737b7b90440111e2ba839a0243d9585f36"
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 2334 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 53-06.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of alcoholic beverage establishment for purposes of conducting gaming; and to provide for a legislative management study.

Relating to the definition of alcoholic beverage establishment for purposes of conducting gaming; and to provide for a legislative management study.

## 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/25-1274-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1274-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2334 — **34–11** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2334 — **41–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2334 — **80–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justin Gerhardt — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2025-01-29** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 34 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2025-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 80 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-09** Concurred
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7d17e2d-dc6f-48b1-a66c-ef88b1685f5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).