republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 12‑60‑05 and 12.1‑29‑07, subsection 1 of section 29‑06‑05.2, and sections 54‑12‑01.1 and 54‑12‑28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to appointment of ad hoc special agents, the offender education program, authority for federal law enforcement officers to make arrests, online publication of eminent domain information, and twenty-four seven program records and statistics; to repeal section 19‑03.1‑44 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a drug use status and trends report; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 12‑60‑05 and 12.1‑29‑07, subsection 1 of section 29‑06‑05.2, and sections 54‑12‑01.1 and 54‑12‑28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to appointment of ad hoc special agents, the offender education program, authority for federal law enforcement officers to make arrests, online publication of eminent domain information, and twenty-four seven program records and statistics; to repeal section 19‑03.1‑44 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a drug use status and trends report; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2302"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2302 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOL - SEE ALSO DRUGS", "ALCOHOL - SEE ALSO DRUGS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION", "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "DRUGS - SEE ALSO ALCOHOL", "LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES", "PROPERTY", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Cook", "D. Larson", "Karls", "Nelson", "Roers Jones"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db831fef-0f3c-4ecf-9895-9a779b95ca1d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2302.html"
source_hash: "f7616726f20b7b91d6689af254f90147f0a2b00ce9ba9c53b1a9bf69a5ad06e5"
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 2302 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 12‑60‑05 and 12.1‑29‑07, subsection 1 of section 29‑06‑05.2, and sections 54‑12‑01.1 and 54‑12‑28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to appointment of ad hoc special agents, the offender education program, authority for federal law enforcement officers to make arrests, online publication of eminent domain information, and twenty-four seven program records and statistics; to repeal section 19‑03.1‑44 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a drug use status and trends report; to provide a penalty; 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/17-8161-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8161-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8161-02001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8161-01001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8161-01001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8161-04000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8161-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8161-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, 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 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 amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 85 YEAS, 7 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **85–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beadle — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- D. Larson — primary (person)
- Karls — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-14** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-20** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2017-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 3 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 7 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Emergency clause carried
- **2017-02-21** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-02-22** Concurred
- **2017-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-01** Signed by Governor 02/23 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-03** Filed with Secretary Of State 02/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db831fef-0f3c-4ecf-9895-9a779b95ca1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).