republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2286.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 49‑22‑03 and 49‑22‑14.1 and subsection 2 of section 49‑22‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting; and to provide for a legislative management study regarding the consideration of local zoning ordinances and zoning provisions during the application and public hearing process."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 49‑22‑03 and 49‑22‑14.1 and subsection 2 of section 49‑22‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting; and to provide for a legislative management study regarding the consideration of local zoning ordinances and zoning provisions during the application and public hearing process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2286"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2286 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "ENERGY - SEE ALSO PUBLIC UTILITIES; WIND ENERGY", "OIL AND GAS", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS", "PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION", "ZONING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathe", "Porter", "Schaible", "Unruh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af33d06a-bb9c-43b8-a10d-e9af70210b96"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2286.html"
source_hash: "7d8616798a4f86316565831d13e10eb4f908c394cb05571ec0da6fc278180e92"
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 2286 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 49‑22‑03 and 49‑22‑14.1 and subsection 2 of section 49‑22‑16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting; and to provide for a legislative management study regarding the consideration of local zoning ordinances and zoning provisions during the application and public hearing process.

## 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/17-0950-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0950-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0950-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0950-04000.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Lefor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0950-03003a.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Lefor (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0950-03003m.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0950-02001a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0950-02001m.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 40 YEAS, 6 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **40–6** (pass) · upper
- 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 92 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nathe — primary (person)
- Porter — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2017-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2017-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-04-03** Concurred
- **2017-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af33d06a-bb9c-43b8-a10d-e9af70210b96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).