republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/66/sb-2211.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 61‑33‑01.1 and a new subsection to section 61‑33.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the determination of the ordinary high water mark; to amend and reenact sections 61‑33‑01 and 61‑33.1‑02, subdivision e of subsection 3 of section 61‑33.1‑03, sections 61‑33.1‑04, 61‑33.1‑05, and 61‑33.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sovereign lands, determining the ordinary high water mark, and the ownership of mineral rights of land subject to inundation by Pick‑Sloan Missouri basin project dams; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact section 61‑33‑01.1 and a new subsection to section 61‑33.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the determination of the ordinary high water mark; to amend and reenact sections 61‑33‑01 and 61‑33.1‑02, subdivision e of subsection 3 of section 61‑33.1‑03, sections 61‑33.1‑04, 61‑33.1‑05, and 61‑33.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sovereign lands, determining the ordinary high water mark, and the ownership of mineral rights of land subject to inundation by Pick‑Sloan Missouri basin project dams; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2211"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2211 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL LANDS", "BOARD OF UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL LANDS", "DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS", "INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION", "OIL AND GAS", "WATER - SEE ALSO STATE WATER COMMISSION", "WATER - SEE ALSO STATE WATER COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bekkedahl", "Dwyer", "Keiser", "Porter", "Unruh"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2ea4374-5d2e-4b23-8c0e-82db84f43d3f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2211.html"
source_hash: "cc4386a54d010a05bd1bf99a65c8e959efcf058563989d82ff6d30fd07603b1c"
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 2211 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact section 61‑33‑01.1 and a new subsection to section 61‑33.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the determination of the ordinary high water mark; to amend and reenact sections 61‑33‑01 and 61‑33.1‑02, subdivision e of subsection 3 of section 61‑33.1‑03, sections 61‑33.1‑04, 61‑33.1‑05, and 61‑33.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sovereign lands, determining the ordinary high water mark, and the ownership of mineral rights of land subject to inundation by Pick‑Sloan Missouri basin project dams; to provide for application; 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/66-2019/documents/19-0598-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-03003a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-03003m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-02001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-02001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-07000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-03000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-06000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-04000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Keiser** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-03009a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Keiser (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-03009m.pdf)
12. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Porter** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-03004a.pdf)
13. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Porter (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0598-03004m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- Dwyer — primary (person)
- Keiser — primary (person)
- Porter — primary (person)
- Unruh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2019-02-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-02-12** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-15** Received from Senate
- **2019-02-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Amendment adopted
- **2019-03-12** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-04-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 17 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Rereferred to Energy and Natural Resources
- **2019-04-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 87 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-17** Emergency clause carried
- **2019-04-17** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2019-04-18** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-18** Conference committee appointed Unruh Schaible Piepkorn
- **2019-04-19** Conference committee appointed Keiser Martinson Porter
- **2019-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-25** 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 90 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-26** Emergency clause carried
- **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/a2ea4374-5d2e-4b23-8c0e-82db84f43d3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).