republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/sb-2330.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 57‑39.5‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of farm machinery; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 57‑39.5‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of farm machinery; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "SB 2330"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2330 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "SALES TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "TAXATION", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Johnson", "Headland", "Schaible", "Sorvaag", "Unruh", "Wanzek"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02eeb003-1e0b-471e-99bb-ceccdf227871"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba2330.html"
source_hash: "3e6d85a5ebb91fe3037cd8395401693181abb3323c1fa029a6bb044479d65297"
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 2330 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 57‑39.5‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of farm machinery; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/17-0966-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0966-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0966-02001m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0966-01001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0966-01001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0966-04000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0966-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0966-03000.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 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, 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 65 YEAS, 27 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **65–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- Headland — primary (person)
- Schaible — primary (person)
- Sorvaag — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)
- Wanzek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-30** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Amendment adopted
- **2017-02-08** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2017-02-13** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2017-02-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from Senate
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-13** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-03-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Amendment adopted
- **2017-03-15** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2017-03-17** Request return from committee
- **2017-03-17** Rereferred to Finance and Taxation
- **2017-03-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 65 nays 27 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2017-03-30** Concurred
- **2017-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-31** Signed by President
- **2017-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-06** Signed by Governor 04/05 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02eeb003-1e0b-471e-99bb-ceccdf227871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).