republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/68/sb-2050.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-24.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the ability of the state librarian to recalculate grant payments to public libraries; to amend and reenact sections 40-38-09, 54-24-09, 54-24.2-03, and 54-24.4-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the public annual report, distribution of state publications to libraries, the computation of mill levies, and the duties of the library coordinating council; to repeal sections 40-38-10 and 54-24.2-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a political subdivision's ability to establish a library without an election and local maintenance efforts of public libraries; and to provide an effective date."
description: "Relating to the ability of the state librarian to recalculate grant payments to public libraries; to amend and reenact sections 40‑38‑09, 54‑24‑09, 54‑24.2‑03, and 54‑24.4‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the public annual report, distribution of state publications to libraries, the computation of mill levies, and the duties of the library coordinating council; to repeal sections 40‑38‑10 and 54‑24.2‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a political subdivision's ability to establish a library without an election and local maintenance efforts of public libraries; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2050"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2050 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79137b2c-ffc3-445c-8b77-4a8fabbbee30"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "dc4157395c380b5430e5f9fb09eceadb7f0a34406b6f46834d39cb822382f2a4"
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 2050 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-24.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the ability of the state librarian to recalculate grant payments to public libraries; to amend and reenact sections 40-38-09, 54-24-09, 54-24.2-03, and 54-24.4-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the public annual report, distribution of state publications to libraries, the computation of mill levies, and the duties of the library coordinating council; to repeal sections 40-38-10 and 54-24.2-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a political subdivision's ability to establish a library without an election and local maintenance efforts of public libraries; and to provide an effective date.

Relating to the ability of the state librarian to recalculate grant payments to public libraries; to amend and reenact sections 40‑38‑09, 54‑24‑09, 54‑24.2‑03, and 54‑24.4‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the public annual report, distribution of state publications to libraries, the computation of mill levies, and the duties of the library coordinating council; to repeal sections 40‑38‑10 and 54‑24.2‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a political subdivision's ability to establish a library without an election and local maintenance efforts of public libraries; and to provide an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8028-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-8028-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2050 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2050 — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- State and Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-10** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-22** Signed by President
- **2023-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79137b2c-ffc3-445c-8b77-4a8fabbbee30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).