---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 49‑22‑03, 49‑22‑14.1, 49‑22‑16, 49‑22.1‑01, 49‑22.1‑12, and subsection 2 of section 49‑22.1‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting, gas and liquid energy conversion, and gas and liquid transmission facility siting."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 49‑22‑03, 49‑22‑14.1, 49‑22‑16, 49‑22.1‑01, 49‑22.1‑12, and subsection 2 of section 49‑22.1‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting, gas and liquid energy conversion, and gas and liquid transmission facility siting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2038"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2038 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY - SEE ALSO PUBLIC UTILITIES; WIND ENERGY", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS", "PUBLIC UTILITIES", "ZONING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Legislative Management"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12c70427-e6d1-49f8-8739-6c0856bc6ccb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2038.html"
source_hash: "c37105fc632eb923739ba9dfce2e2ffd8b2c3fe83064188a69f4bead6e6285d4"
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 2038 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 49‑22‑03, 49‑22‑14.1, 49‑22‑16, 49‑22.1‑01, 49‑22.1‑12, and subsection 2 of section 49‑22.1‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting, gas and liquid energy conversion, and gas and liquid transmission facility siting.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0018-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0018-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-04** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-01-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-09** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-04** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-05** Signed by President
- **2019-03-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Governor 03/06 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/07 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12c70427-e6d1-49f8-8739-6c0856bc6ccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).