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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to withholding vote totals for presidential elections; to amend and reenact sections 16.11401 and 16.11427 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to procedures for canvassing and counting votes for presidential electors; to provide a penalty; and to provide a contingent effective date.for an Act to provide a statement of legislative intent regarding presidential elections; and to provide a directive."
description: "Relating to withholding vote totals for presidential elections; to amend and reenact sections 16.11401 and 16.11427 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to procedures for canvassing and counting votes for presidential electors; to provide a penalty; and to provide a contingent effective date.for an Act to provide a statement of legislative intent regarding presidential elections; and to provide a directive."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "SB 2271"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2271 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d910275b-18b5-4994-afd0-b4010406c238"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo2271.html"
source_hash: "7e7aaadffe8b13ce53a34258b970fd49b62fb69d2574cde530cf78f8d6cf3259"
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 2271 (67) — Relating to withholding vote totals for presidential elections; to amend and reenact sections 16.11401 and 16.11427 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to procedures for canvassing and counting votes for presidential electors; to provide a penalty; and to provide a contingent effective date.for an Act to provide a statement of legislative intent regarding presidential elections; and to provide a directive.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0828-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0828-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0828-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0828-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0828-03000.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Erbele — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Trottier — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-02-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Received from Senate
- **2021-03-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-18** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-04-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 84 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2021-04-13** Refused to concur
- **2021-04-13** Conference committee appointed Meyer Vedaa Marcellais
- **2021-04-15** Conference committee appointed Kasper Rohr B. Koppelman
- **2021-04-19** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2021-04-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 80 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d910275b-18b5-4994-afd0-b4010406c238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).