---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 10-30.5-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annual audits of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a performance audit of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to annual audits of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a performance audit of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2396"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2396 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kent Weston"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd3cf6e0-9cc1-4822-8f43-cb9ebf73383d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e476bb50d6453e0e2b2654dbaaa5aac4d78e50f97738b6f6a9e3fcd11d0fc421"
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 2396 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 10-30.5-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annual audits of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a performance audit of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to annual audits of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a performance audit of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/25-1372-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1372-08000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1372-03000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1372-04000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1372-07000.pdf)
6. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1372-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2396 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2396 — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2396 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2396 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kent Weston — primary (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-10** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2025-03-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-27** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-10** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-14** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-14** Conference committee appointed Roers Barta Castaneda
- **2025-04-16** Conference committee appointed Kasper Bahl Schauer
- **2025-04-22** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 90 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-29** Signed by President
- **2025-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Governor 04/30 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd3cf6e0-9cc1-4822-8f43-cb9ebf73383d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).