republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/sb-2339.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to strict liability and a wildfire mitigation plan of a qualified utility; and to provide for a report.	Relating to strict liability and a wildfire mitigation plan of a qualified utility; and to provide for a report.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	SB 2339	North Dakota SB 2339 (69)	bill		enacted	Greg Kessel	4	21	4	2025-01-21	2025-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c61f765c-6edf-4e43-b59f-4f99408745e4	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	a8e31d1658aca57b48da705e107b6623c2c6ad7c23ab20ce07ab3d9952c5781d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota SB 2339 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to strict liability and a wildfire mitigation plan of a qualified utility; and to provide for a report.

Relating to strict liability and a wildfire mitigation plan of a qualified utility; and to provide for a report.

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 House Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2339 — 45–46 (fail) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2339 — 46–1 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2339 — 45–1 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2339 — 62–28 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Greg Kessel — primary (person)
• Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
• Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
• Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
• Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2025-01-31 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2025-02-07 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-10 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-02-11 Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-12 Received from Senate
• 2025-02-18 Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2025-03-20 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2025-04-16 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 3 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-17 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-04-17 Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 45 nays 46 reading-2
• 2025-04-18 Reconsidered
• 2025-04-18 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 62 nays 28 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-18 Returned to Senate (12)
• 2025-04-21 Concurred
• 2025-04-21 Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-04-23 Signed by President
• 2025-04-23 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-24 Signed by Governor 04/24 executive-signature
• 2025-04-26 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/25 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c61f765c-6edf-4e43-b59f-4f99408745e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).