---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-09.1-02.1 and 54-44.4-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regional education associations."
description: "Relating to regional education associations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2353"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2353 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Davison"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51cd1a4-f96a-496b-a5e5-486e789d6ded"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "9315e18ceaef997149532aa6091cc823de6082fef4b9cf762f185c1b5a9533aa"
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 2353 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-09.1-02.1 and 54-44.4-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regional education associations.

Relating to regional education associations.

## 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/25-1338-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1338-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2353 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2353 — **75–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle Davison — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-18** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-26** Signed by President
- **2025-03-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-01** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/31 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f51cd1a4-f96a-496b-a5e5-486e789d6ded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).