republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2269.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 61‑39‑04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization of a state Red River valley water supply project; and to amend and reenact sections 61‑24‑27, 61‑24.7‑05, 61‑39‑01, 61‑39‑02, 61‑39‑03, 61‑39‑04, 61‑39‑05, 61‑39‑11, and 61‑39‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the Lake Agassiz water authority and funding for the Red River valley water supply project."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact section 61‑39‑04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization of a state Red River valley water supply project; and to amend and reenact sections 61‑24‑27, 61‑24.7‑05, 61‑39‑01, 61‑39‑02, 61‑39‑03, 61‑39‑04, 61‑39‑05, 61‑39‑11, and 61‑39‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the Lake Agassiz water authority and funding for the Red River valley water supply project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2269"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2269 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE WATER COMMISSION", "STATE WATER COMMISSION", "WATER", "WATER", "WATER", "WATER DISTRICTS - SEE ALSO STATE WATER COMMISSION", "WATER DISTRICTS - SEE ALSO STATE WATER COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Lee", "Sanford", "Sorvaag", "Vigesaa", "Wanzek", "Zubke"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1bfb8c4-e8ea-4f52-8044-dc1b8ab2e007"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2269.html"
source_hash: "8488a98ac98205b539070bc0332257131c0c5d28b8dfd2247b617d017530da81"
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 2269 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact section 61‑39‑04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization of a state Red River valley water supply project; and to amend and reenact sections 61‑24‑27, 61‑24.7‑05, 61‑39‑01, 61‑39‑02, 61‑39‑03, 61‑39‑04, 61‑39‑05, 61‑39‑11, and 61‑39‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the Lake Agassiz water authority and funding for the Red River valley water supply project.

## 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/17-0952-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0952-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0952-02001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Agriculture Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0952-01001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Agriculture Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0952-01001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0952-04000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0952-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0952-03000.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 80 YEAS, 11 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **80–11** (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 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 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Lee — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Sorvaag — primary (person)
- Vigesaa — primary (person)
- Wanzek — primary (person)
- Zubke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 80 nays 11 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-03-23** Concurred
- **2017-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-24** Signed by President
- **2017-03-27** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1bfb8c4-e8ea-4f52-8044-dc1b8ab2e007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).