republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/sb-2397.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-51.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57-51-02.6, 57-51-05, and 57-51.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.	Relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57‑51‑02.6, 57‑51‑05, and 57‑51.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	SB 2397	North Dakota SB 2397 (69)	bill		enacted	Mark Enget	2	25	4	2025-01-27	2025-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/b98806ba-75a0-420e-85bb-d5d98896c016	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	92fb7ea9312cb810ed128b00e0aac689061f557f624d94d067d01c72e65e972f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota SB 2397 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-51.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57-51-02.6, 57-51-05, and 57-51.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

Relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57‑51‑02.6, 57‑51‑05, and 57‑51.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

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

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — 89–5 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — 42–4 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — 85–5 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on SB 2397 — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark Enget — primary (person)
• Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-27 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Finance and Taxation Committee introduction
• 2025-02-03 Committee Hearing 10:30
• 2025-02-03 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-04 Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-05 Received from Senate
• 2025-02-18 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Finance and Taxation Committee introduction
• 2025-03-11 Committee Hearing 10:30
• 2025-04-17 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-18 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-04-21 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 5 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-22 Returned to Senate (12)
• 2025-04-24 Refused to concur
• 2025-04-24 Conference committee appointed Patten Rummel Sickler
• 2025-04-25 Conference committee appointed Dockter Porter J. Olson
• 2025-04-29 Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2025-05-01 Conference committee report adopted
• 2025-05-01 Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2025-05-01 Conference committee report adopted
• 2025-05-01 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 85 nays 5 passage, reading-2
• 2025-05-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-05-02 Signed by President
• 2025-05-02 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-17 Signed by Governor 05/05 executive-signature
• 2025-06-11 Filed with Secretary Of State 05/06 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b98806ba-75a0-420e-85bb-d5d98896c016. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).