---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a grasslands grazing grant program."
description: "Relating to a grasslands grazing grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2368"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2368 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Kessel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/841f2e8a-fb47-446b-a02e-1b3537e986c0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b948556aee47aa30dd3c51cf6238466cb45f7bfb99be8ac810d4e799b8a79fd1"
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 2368 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a grasslands grazing grant program.

Relating to a grasslands grazing grant program.

## 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/25-1347-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1347-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2368 — **84–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2368 — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Kessel — primary (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2025-02-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 08:45
- **2025-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-21** Signed by President
- **2025-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/24 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-26** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/841f2e8a-fb47-446b-a02e-1b3537e986c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).