---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-12-02 and 15.1-12-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annexation of property to a school district; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to annexation of property to a school district; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2351"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2351 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd Beard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef0c3bb3-5532-4869-8245-f04bd4fbcfc6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "cfc9d607dded0014a511746de126c99776f2ed5d05a0ce46071ccb96467e56eb"
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 2351 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-12-02 and 15.1-12-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annexation of property to a school district; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to annexation of property to a school district; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/25-1342-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1342-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1342-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1342-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2351 — **84–6** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2351 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2351 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Todd Beard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-03-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Rereferred to Education
- **2025-03-26** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 6, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-09** Concurred
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `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/ef0c3bb3-5532-4869-8245-f04bd4fbcfc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).