republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/66/sb-2008.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public service commission; to amend and reenact sections 49‑01‑05 and 57‑43.2‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the commissioners and the transfer, deposit, and distribution of funds in the highway tax distribution fund; to provide for a study; to provide for a report; and to provide for a transfer."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public service commission; to amend and reenact sections 49‑01‑05 and 57‑43.2‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the commissioners and the transfer, deposit, and distribution of funds in the highway tax distribution fund; to provide for a study; to provide for a report; and to provide for a transfer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2008"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2008 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS - SEE ALSO CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS", "HIGHWAYS - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY", "PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION", "PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION", "PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e03922fd-f754-4b2d-8072-c88e5fc5cb14"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2008.html"
source_hash: "110693647d479c5b25b70a89b719834481e7ad0204b16617caa966718c33fe75"
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 2008 (66) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public service commission; to amend and reenact sections 49‑01‑05 and 57‑43.2‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the commissioners and the transfer, deposit, and distribution of funds in the highway tax distribution fund; to provide for a study; to provide for a report; and to provide for a transfer.

## 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/66-2019/documents/19-0221-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-04000.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-02008a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-02008m.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-02004a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for House Appropriations Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-02004m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-01001a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Lee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0221-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-15** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-04-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-16** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 84 nays 8 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-17** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-17** Conference committee appointed G. Lee Wanzek Grabinger
- **2019-04-18** Conference committee appointed Brandenburg Bellew Mock
- **2019-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 7 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e03922fd-f754-4b2d-8072-c88e5fc5cb14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).