republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2053.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 39‑03.1‑11.2, section 54‑52‑01, subsections 3 and 4 of section 54‑52‑17, subsection 4 of section 54‑52‑28, section 54‑52.1‑03, subsection 1 of section 54‑52.1‑03.3, section 54-52.1-03.4, subsection 2 of section 54‑52.1‑18, section 54‑52.6‑06, and subsection 2 of section 54‑52.6‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of retirement and retirement board, eligibility for disability retirement and early retirement benefits under the public employees retirement system, employee enrollment, billing for the retiree health insurance credit, temporary employee participation in the uniform group insurance program failure to maintain a health savings account when the high-deductible health plan is elected, payment of administrative expenses of the defined contribution plan, penalties for employers failing to pay contributions under the defined contribution plan, to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 39‑03.1‑11.2, section 54‑52‑01, subsections 3 and 4 of section 54‑52‑17, subsection 4 of section 54‑52‑28, section 54‑52.1‑03, subsection 1 of section 54‑52.1‑03.3, section 54-52.1-03.4, subsection 2 of section 54‑52.1‑18, section 54‑52.6‑06, and subsection 2 of section 54‑52.6‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of retirement and retirement board, eligibility for disability retirement and early retirement benefits under the public employees retirement system, employee enrollment, billing for the retiree health insurance credit, temporary employee participation in the uniform group insurance program failure to maintain a health savings account when the high-deductible health plan is elected, payment of administrative expenses of the defined contribution plan, penalties for employers failing to pay contributions under the defined contribution plan, to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2053"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2053 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES - SEE ALSO STATE EMPLOYEES; TEACHERS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "RETIREMENT", "RETIREMENT", "RETIREMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government and Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85e3f898-e59c-44d1-9469-4c94fea7dab5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2053.html"
source_hash: "a2786861489853b150a436ba5f07878e91c75a50c03cad4fb894220c48d4fd01"
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 2053 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 39‑03.1‑11.2, section 54‑52‑01, subsections 3 and 4 of section 54‑52‑17, subsection 4 of section 54‑52‑28, section 54‑52.1‑03, subsection 1 of section 54‑52.1‑03.3, section 54-52.1-03.4, subsection 2 of section 54‑52.1‑18, section 54‑52.6‑06, and subsection 2 of section 54‑52.6‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of retirement and retirement board, eligibility for disability retirement and early retirement benefits under the public employees retirement system, employee enrollment, billing for the retiree health insurance credit, temporary employee participation in the uniform group insurance program failure to maintain a health savings account when the high-deductible health plan is elected, payment of administrative expenses of the defined contribution plan, penalties for employers failing to pay contributions under the defined contribution plan, to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

## 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/65-2017/documents/17-0118-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0118-03001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0118-03001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Government and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0118-02001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0118-02001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0118-05000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0118-03000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0118-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 92 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Government and Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2017-01-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-01-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-01-12** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2017-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-03-30** Concurred
- **2017-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-31** Signed by President
- **2017-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-04** Signed by Governor 04/04 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/04 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85e3f898-e59c-44d1-9469-4c94fea7dab5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).