republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2238.md

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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 40‑08‑09 and 40‑09‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to employing as city employees members of a city council or city commission; and to declare an emergency.	AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 40‑08‑09 and 40‑09‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to employing as city employees members of a city council or city commission; and to declare an emergency.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	SB 2238	North Dakota SB 2238 (65)	bill	CITIES EMERGENCY CLAUSE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES - SEE ALSO STATE EMPLOYEES; TEACHERS	enacted	Oehlke	5	16	2	2017-01-16	2017-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/b544034d-7cba-422f-9b0e-58702a6a6329	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2238.html	88f805a9caa2c6431db90fa6e274b1ffa4a2b95b0163e6f21fef144a8189b3a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota SB 2238 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 40‑08‑09 and 40‑09‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to employing as city employees members of a city council or city commission; and to declare an emergency.

Version chain

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

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Adopted by the Senate Political Subdivisions Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Adopted by the Senate Political Subdivisions Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
5. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 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
• 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 86 YEAS, 5 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 86–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Oehlke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee introduction
• 2017-01-26 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2017-01-27 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-01-30 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-01-31 Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-20 Received from Senate
• 2017-02-22 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Political Subdivisions Committee introduction
• 2017-03-10 Committee Hearing 10:30
• 2017-03-13 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 2 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-15 Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 5, Emergency clause carried reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-16 Returned to Senate
• 2017-03-17 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-17 Signed by President
• 2017-03-20 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-22 Signed by Governor 03/22 executive-signature
• 2017-03-27 Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b544034d-7cba-422f-9b0e-58702a6a6329. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).