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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.115 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to counting writein votes; and to amend and reenact sections 16.11112 and 16.11202.2, subsection 1 of section 16.11204, section 16.11207, and subsection 1 of section 16.11508 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ballot formats, writein votes, and certificates of nomination."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.115 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to counting writein votes; and to amend and reenact sections 16.11112 and 16.11202.2, subsection 1 of section 16.11204, section 16.11207, and subsection 1 of section 16.11508 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ballot formats, writein votes, and certificates of nomination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "SB 2308"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2308 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANDIDATES - SEE ALSO ELECTIONS", "CANDIDATES - SEE ALSO ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Grueneich", "K. Roers", "Kannianen", "Meyer", "Vetter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1842255-0dad-45b2-bbdf-20117896f230"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba2308.html"
source_hash: "a0289d75ef08054b50b3a53005c69c74dd1b090b5210a4d36b7600280bafd2d3"
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 2308 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.115 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to counting writein votes; and to amend and reenact sections 16.11112 and 16.11202.2, subsection 1 of section 16.11204, section 16.11207, and subsection 1 of section 16.11508 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ballot formats, writein 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](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0988-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0988-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0988-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Oban** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0988-01002a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Oban (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0988-01002m.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1842255-0dad-45b2-bbdf-20117896f230`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).