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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-02-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to qualifications for renewable electricity and recycled energy credits; and to repeal sections 49-02-28, 49-02-29, 49-02-30, 49-02-31, 49-02-32, 49-02-33, and 49-02-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state renewable and recycled energy objectives, public reporting, qualifications and applications to the statewide objectives, the purchase and retirement of renewable energy certificates to meet the objectives, verification of generation and the purchase of certificates, and economic evaluations on the use of renewable and recycled energy."
description: "Relating to qualifications for renewable electricity and recycled energy credits; and to repeal sections 490228, 490229, 490230, 490231, 490232, 490233, and 490234 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state renewable and recycled energy objectives, public reporting, qualifications and applications to the statewide objectives, the purchase and retirement of renewable energy certificates to meet the objectives, verification of generation and the purchase of certificates, and economic evaluations on the use of renewable and recycled energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2359"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2359 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Patten"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61d3520c-f606-4fa8-bf70-a5c7aa1be5da"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "be3a8e434cc59f0162e991b1ea8ae7a9e124a6152d5a4b37ed2399349061c73e"
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 2359 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-02-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to qualifications for renewable electricity and recycled energy credits; and to repeal sections 49-02-28, 49-02-29, 49-02-30, 49-02-31, 49-02-32, 49-02-33, and 49-02-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state renewable and recycled energy objectives, public reporting, qualifications and applications to the statewide objectives, the purchase and retirement of renewable energy certificates to meet the objectives, verification of generation and the purchase of certificates, and economic evaluations on the use of renewable and recycled energy.
Relating to qualifications for renewable electricity and recycled energy credits; and to repeal sections 490228, 490229, 490230, 490231, 490232, 490233, and 490234 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state renewable and recycled energy objectives, public reporting, qualifications and applications to the statewide objectives, the purchase and retirement of renewable energy certificates to meet the objectives, verification of generation and the purchase of certificates, and economic evaluations on the use of renewable and recycled energy.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1343-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1343-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1343-02000.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2359 — **460** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2359 — **839** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dale Patten — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `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
- **2025-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-31** Signed by President
- **2025-03-31** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor 04/02 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61d3520c-f606-4fa8-bf70-a5c7aa1be5da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).