republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2129.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57‑39.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to refunds for sales, use, farm machinery gross receipts, and alcoholic beverage gross receipts taxes; to amend and reenact subdivision ee of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24, sections 57‑01‑13 and 57‑37.1‑06, subsection 2 of section 57‑39.2‑11, and sections 57‑39.2‑27, 57‑40.2‑17, and 57‑40.3‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks, alcoholic beverage gross receipts taxes, estate tax return filing requirements, sales and use taxes, and motor vehicle excise tax credits; to repeal section 57‑39.2‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to refunds for sales, use, farm machinery gross receipts, and alcoholic beverage gross receipts taxes; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57‑39.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to refunds for sales, use, farm machinery gross receipts, and alcoholic beverage gross receipts taxes; to amend and reenact subdivision ee of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24, sections 57‑01‑13 and 57‑37.1‑06, subsection 2 of section 57‑39.2‑11, and sections 57‑39.2‑27, 57‑40.2‑17, and 57‑40.3‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks, alcoholic beverage gross receipts taxes, estate tax return filing requirements, sales and use taxes, and motor vehicle excise tax credits; to repeal section 57‑39.2‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to refunds for sales, use, farm machinery gross receipts, and alcoholic beverage gross receipts taxes; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2129"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2129 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "SALES TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "TAX COMMISSIONER", "TAXATION", "TAXATION", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Finance and Taxation"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ff48e9c-2843-4ecf-84d0-012c89b945aa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2129.html"
source_hash: "29df6d99be40ac518e41fbc051624f4442b751e8e5557225e175cd606b9a1611"
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 2129 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57‑39.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to refunds for sales, use, farm machinery gross receipts, and alcoholic beverage gross receipts taxes; to amend and reenact subdivision ee of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24, sections 57‑01‑13 and 57‑37.1‑06, subsection 2 of section 57‑39.2‑11, and sections 57‑39.2‑27, 57‑40.2‑17, and 57‑40.3‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks, alcoholic beverage gross receipts taxes, estate tax return filing requirements, sales and use taxes, and motor vehicle excise tax credits; to repeal section 57‑39.2‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to refunds for sales, use, farm machinery gross receipts, and alcoholic beverage gross receipts taxes; and to provide an effective 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/17-8085-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8085-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8085-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8085-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8085-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 90 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **90–0** (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

- Finance and Taxation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-04** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2017-01-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-01-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-01-13** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-02-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-07** Signed by President
- **2017-03-09** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/13 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ff48e9c-2843-4ecf-84d0-012c89b945aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).