---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 47-19-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the contents of a legal description for a deed and a contract for deed."
description: "Relating to the contents of a legal description for a deed and a contract for deed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2356"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2356 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Meyer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/503d4335-4314-4870-857d-bb6c91fc3b2c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c01149340f7349eb8e571fa4f8a53786986fa8aa9b1a5ad4516ef529ed51463a"
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 2356 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 47-19-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the contents of a legal description for a deed and a contract for deed.

Relating to the contents of a legal description for a deed and a contract for deed.

## 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/25-1207-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1207-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1207-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2356 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2356 — **89–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Meyer — primary (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **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 Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Signed by President
- **2025-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/503d4335-4314-4870-857d-bb6c91fc3b2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).