---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1-01.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a value-added milk processing facility incentive program; and to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit."
description: "Relating to a value-added milk processing facility incentive program; and to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2342"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2342 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul J. Thomas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e3ab63-0d9a-4f34-b8c0-bf821cf9ce09"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "146ead488cbf39dcc4a3603ed7eec9c0c11b5c4d10471d1823e806f8da24ce9a"
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 2342 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1-01.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a value-added milk processing facility incentive program; and to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit.

Relating to a value-added milk processing facility incentive program; and to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit.

## 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/25-1308-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1308-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1308-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1308-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2342 — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2342 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2342 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul J. Thomas — primary (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2025-02-10** Reported back, do pass 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2025-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 81 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-22** Concurred
- **2025-04-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-28** Signed by President
- **2025-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Governor 04/29 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e3ab63-0d9a-4f34-b8c0-bf821cf9ce09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).