republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2321.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑27‑35.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to payments to school districts."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑27‑35.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to payments to school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2321"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2321 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Headland", "Oban", "Pollert", "Rust", "Sanford", "Wanzek"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84adfca4-6a76-4ca7-bcb3-8fba8513e9a2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2321.html"
source_hash: "23fb5d8a5f19a4d7c6aacb7b74dd9bf5f1a24750b20f86d9df623ac5940df258"
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 2321 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑27‑35.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to payments to school districts.

## 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/17-0988-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0988-01009a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0988-01009m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0988-01002a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0988-01002m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0988-05000.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Wanzek** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0988-01003a.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Wanzek (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0988-01003m.pdf)
9. **SENATE BILL NO. 2321 with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0988-04000.pdf)
10. **SENATE BILL NO. 2321 with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0988-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- 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 39 YEAS, 7 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **39–7** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 84 YEAS, 6 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **84–6** (pass) · lower
- 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 87 YEAS, 3 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **87–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Headland — primary (person)
- Oban — primary (person)
- Pollert — primary (person)
- Rust — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Wanzek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-02-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 1 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 7 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Amendment adopted
- **2017-03-16** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2017-03-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-03** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2017-04-04** Conference committee appointed Rust Vedaa Schaible
- **2017-04-07** Conference committee appointed Owens Heinert Guggisberg
- **2017-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-13** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 84 nays 6 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by President
- **2017-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84adfca4-6a76-4ca7-bcb3-8fba8513e9a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).