republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2166.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 40‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval of property tax incentives granted by a city; to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 40‑57.1‑03, section 40‑58‑20.2, subsection 2 of section 40‑63‑01, and subsection 3 of section 54‑35‑26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval of property tax incentives granted by a city and evaluation of economic development tax incentives; to provide for legislative management studies; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 40‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval of property tax incentives granted by a city; to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 40‑57.1‑03, section 40‑58‑20.2, subsection 2 of section 40‑63‑01, and subsection 3 of section 54‑35‑26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval of property tax incentives granted by a city and evaluation of economic development tax incentives; to provide for legislative management studies; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2166"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2166 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "CITIES", "CITIES", "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "PROPERTY TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "PROPERTY TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "PROPERTY TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "TAXATION", "TAXATION", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Dockter", "Headland", "Laffen", "Olson", "Unruh"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7973178-3ab5-4e89-9659-40334fb3fc8e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2166.html"
source_hash: "519f8a6c5be1f0b036f4cdd30dc1c648b7c62849a93457c29b5233c0eb305e91"
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 2166 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 40‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval of property tax incentives granted by a city; to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 40‑57.1‑03, section 40‑58‑20.2, subsection 2 of section 40‑63‑01, and subsection 3 of section 54‑35‑26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval of property tax incentives granted by a city and evaluation of economic development tax incentives; to provide for legislative management studies; 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/17-0148-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-02006a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-02006m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-02002a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-02002m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-05000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-04000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-03000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Cook** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-01003a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Cook (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0148-01003m.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 81 YEAS, 9 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **81–9** (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 75 YEAS, 17 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **75–17** (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 38 YEAS, 8 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **38–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Dockter — primary (person)
- Headland — primary (person)
- Laffen — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-02-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 38 nays 8 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received from Senate
- **2017-03-01** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-14** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 75 nays 17 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-03-31** Refused to concur
- **2017-03-31** Conference committee appointed Cook Unruh Dotzenrod
- **2017-04-04** Conference committee appointed Olson Howe Grueneich
- **2017-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-13** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 81 nays 9 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by President
- **2017-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Governor 04/24 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/25 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7973178-3ab5-4e89-9659-40334fb3fc8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).