republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/66/sb-2308.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to counting write‑in votes; and to amend and reenact sections 16.1‑11‑12 and 16.1‑12‑02.2, subsection 1 of section 16.1‑12‑04, section 16.1‑12‑07, and subsection 1 of section 16.1‑15‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ballot formats, write‑in votes, and certificates of nomination.	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to counting write‑in votes; and to amend and reenact sections 16.1‑11‑12 and 16.1‑12‑02.2, subsection 1 of section 16.1‑12‑04, section 16.1‑12‑07, and subsection 1 of section 16.1‑15‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ballot formats, write‑in votes, and certificates of nomination.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	66	SB 2308	North Dakota SB 2308 (66)	bill	CANDIDATES - SEE ALSO ELECTIONS CANDIDATES - SEE ALSO ELECTIONS ELECTIONS ELECTIONS ELECTIONS SECRETARY OF STATE	enacted	Beadle Grueneich K. Roers Kannianen Meyer Vetter	5	16	0	2019-01-16	2019-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/d1842255-0dad-45b2-bbdf-20117896f230	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2308.html	a0289d75ef08054b50b3a53005c69c74dd1b090b5210a4d36b7600280bafd2d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota SB 2308 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to counting write‑in votes; and to amend and reenact sections 16.1‑11‑12 and 16.1‑12‑02.2, subsection 1 of section 16.1‑12‑04, section 16.1‑12‑07, and subsection 1 of section 16.1‑15‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ballot formats, write‑in votes, and certificates of nomination.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
3. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
4. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Oban (committee substitute) — source
5. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Oban (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Beadle — primary (person)
• Grueneich — primary (person)
• K. Roers — primary (person)
• Kannianen — primary (person)
• Meyer — primary (person)
• Vetter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-16 Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee introduction
• 2019-02-01 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2019-02-14 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2019-02-15 Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2019-02-18 Received from Senate
• 2019-02-27 Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee introduction
• 2019-03-14 Committee Hearing 02:15
• 2019-03-15 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 16 reading-2, passage
• 2019-03-22 Returned to Senate
• 2019-03-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-03-26 Signed by President
• 2019-03-27 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-01 Signed by Governor 03/28 executive-signature
• 2019-04-02 Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1842255-0dad-45b2-bbdf-20117896f230. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).