republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2261.md

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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 16.1‑03‑01, 16.1‑03‑02, 16.1‑03‑03, and 16.1‑03‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the organization of political parties and caucuses within legislative districts; and to declare an emergency.	AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 16.1‑03‑01, 16.1‑03‑02, 16.1‑03‑03, and 16.1‑03‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the organization of political parties and caucuses within legislative districts; and to declare an emergency.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	SB 2261	North Dakota SB 2261 (65)	bill	CANDIDATES - SEE ALSO ELECTIONS ELECTIONS EMERGENCY CLAUSE LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS	enacted	B. Koppelman Clemens K. Koppelman Kasper Myrdal Vedaa	6	20	3	2017-01-16	2017-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/09b4de1a-701b-4589-8f4e-faa244d71587	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2261.html	20afbe0925c55b67a179ed7f03b2accd9e72591f8e88ea7ff91fade5e2212755	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota SB 2261 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 16.1‑03‑01, 16.1‑03‑02, 16.1‑03‑03, and 16.1‑03‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the organization of political parties and caucuses within legislative districts; 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 House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
5. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
6. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments (committee substitute) — source

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, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 83 YEAS, 9 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 83–9 (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 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Koppelman — primary (person)
• Clemens — primary (person)
• K. Koppelman — primary (person)
• Kasper — primary (person)
• Myrdal — primary (person)
• Vedaa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee introduction
• 2017-01-27 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2017-02-09 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-10 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-02-13 Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-14 Received from Senate
• 2017-03-01 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee introduction
• 2017-03-16 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2017-03-27 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-28 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-03-29 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 83 nays 9 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-29 Emergency clause carried
• 2017-03-30 Returned to Senate (12)
• 2017-04-03 Concurred
• 2017-04-03 Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried reading-2, passage
• 2017-04-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-04 Signed by President
• 2017-04-05 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-10 Signed by Governor 04/10 executive-signature
• 2017-04-13 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09b4de1a-701b-4589-8f4e-faa244d71587. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).