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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 400809 and 400917 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."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 400809 and 400917 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2238"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2238 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES - SEE ALSO STATE EMPLOYEES; TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oehlke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b544034d-7cba-422f-9b0e-58702a6a6329"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2238.html"
source_hash: "88f805a9caa2c6431db90fa6e274b1ffa4a2b95b0163e6f21fef144a8189b3a2"
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 2238 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 400809 and 400917 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](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0876-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Political Subdivisions Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0876-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Political Subdivisions Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0876-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0876-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0876-02000.pdf)
## 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. — **460** (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. — **865** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b544034d-7cba-422f-9b0e-58702a6a6329`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).