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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the opportunity to provide public comment at a meeting of a public entity.	Relating to the opportunity to provide public comment at a meeting of a public entity.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	SB 2180	North Dakota SB 2180 (69)	bill		enacted	Bob Paulson	5	26	4	2025-01-13	2025-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5c4ae560-2037-49c9-b342-c21ce2238ee7	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	c9696fbd10d57c98fcf25ecacedb1e2da16ed0220deb1f8b223ca1fabfdb3397	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota SB 2180 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the opportunity to provide public comment at a meeting of a public entity.

Relating to the opportunity to provide public comment at a meeting of a public entity.

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. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments (committee substitute) — source
5. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2180 — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2180 — 43–4 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2180 — 41–6 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2180 — 85–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Paulson — primary (person)
• Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Johnston — cosponsor (person)
• Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee introduction
• 2025-01-24 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2025-02-17 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-18 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-02-20 Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 6 passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-21 Received from Senate
• 2025-02-25 Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee introduction
• 2025-03-20 Committee Hearing 03:00
• 2025-03-28 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 1 3 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-04-01 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 4 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Returned to Senate (12)
• 2025-04-04 Refused to concur
• 2025-04-04 Conference committee appointed Castaneda Barta Walen
• 2025-04-08 Conference committee appointed Fegley Ostlie Warrey
• 2025-04-17 Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2025-04-21 Conference committee report adopted
• 2025-04-21 Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2025-04-24 Conference committee report adopted
• 2025-04-24 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 93 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-04-29 Signed by President
• 2025-04-29 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-01 Signed by Governor 04/30 executive-signature
• 2025-05-02 Filed with Secretary Of State 05/01 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c4ae560-2037-49c9-b342-c21ce2238ee7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).