Who sponsors SB 2153?

SB 2153 is sponsored by Dwyer, Michael (Republican), Weber, Mark F. (Republican), Sorvaag, Ronald (Republican), Rep. Brandenburg, Mike, Rep. Mitskog, Alisa, and Jared C. Hagert.

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North Dakota 69-2025 Assembly Status: Enacted 3 R cosponsors

SB 2153 — Relating to water conveyance projects and works.

Last action March 20, 2025 — Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong (Republican) on March 18, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
6 sponsors

1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 61-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water conveyance projects and works.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

32 added · 16 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Senate Bill 2153 clarifies the definition of a "project" related to water conveyance in North Dakota. The updated language emphasizes that a project can include various works that are either physically connected or managed together. This change matters because it broadens the scope of what can be considered a project, potentially allowing for more comprehensive and coordinated water management efforts.

Latest

~~25.0509.01000~~ Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO.

Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 SENATE BILL NO.

2153 of ~~North~~ ~~Dakota~~ ~~Introduced~~ by ~~Senators~~ Dwyer, Sorvaag, ~~Weber~~ ~~Representatives~~ Brandenburg, Mitskog, ~~Hagert~~ A ~~BILL~~ ~~for~~ an ~~Act~~ to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 61-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water conveyance projects and works.

2153 (Senators Dwyer, Sorvaag, Weber) (Representatives Brandenburg, Mitskog, Hagert) AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 61-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water conveyance projects and works.

~~Page~~ ~~No.~~

1 ~~25.0509.01000~~

NO.

2153 - PAGE 2 ____________________________ ____________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House ____________________________ ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No.

2153.

Senate Vote:

Yeas 44 Nays 0 Absent 3 House Vote:

Yeas 91 Nays 1 Absent 2 ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate Received by the Governor at ________M.

on _____________________________________, 2025.

Approved at ________M.

on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State

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Action History

March 20, 2025
Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18
March 18, 2025
Signed by Governor 03/17
March 14, 2025
Sent to Governor
March 14, 2025
Signed by President
March 14, 2025
Signed by Speaker
March 11, 2025
Returned to Senate
March 10, 2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1
March 07, 2025
Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 13 0 0
March 06, 2025
Committee Hearing 01:30
February 18, 2025
Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
February 17, 2025
Received from Senate
February 14, 2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0
February 13, 2025
Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 1
February 13, 2025
Committee Hearing 10:00
January 07, 2025
Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Dwyer, Michael Republican

Co-sponsors (5)

Weber, Mark F. Republican
Sorvaag, Ronald Republican
Rep. Brandenburg, Mike
Rep. Mitskog, Alisa
Jared C. Hagert

Not signed on (142)

142 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Final Passage

March 10, 2025

Passed 91 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	79	1	0	2
Democratic	11	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	0
Total	91	1	0	2
% of votes cast	97%	1%	0%	2%

How each member voted (94)

Member	Party	Vote
Olson	—	Yea
Brown, Collette	Democratic	Yea
Conmy, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Davis, Jayme	Democratic	Yea
Dobervich, Gretchen	Democratic	Yea
Finley-DeVille, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Foss, Austin	Democratic	Yea
Hager, LaurieBeth	Democratic	Yea
Hanson, Karla Rose	Democratic	Yea
Ista, Zachary	Democratic	Yea
Mitskog, Alisa	Democratic	Yea
Schneider, Mary	Democratic	Yea
Anderson, Bert	Republican	Yea
Anderson, Dick	Republican	Yea
Anderson, Karen A.	Republican	Yea
Bahl, Landon	Republican	Yea
Beltz, Mike	Republican	Yea
Berg, Mike	Republican	Yea
Bolinske, Macy	Republican	Yea
Bosch, Glenn	Republican	Yea
Brandenburg, Mike	Republican	Yea
Brown, TJ	Republican	Yea
Christianson, Nels	Republican	Yea
Dockter, Jason	Republican	Yea
Dressler, Ty	Republican	Yea
Fegley, Clayton	Republican	Yea
Fisher, Jay	Republican	Yea
Frelich, Kathy	Republican	Yea
Grindberg, Karen	Republican	Yea
Grueneich, Jim	Republican	Yea
Hagert, Jared C.	Republican	Yea
Hatlestad, Patrick R.	Republican	Yea
Hauck, Dori	Republican	Yea
Headland, Craig	Republican	Yea
Heilman, Matthew	Republican	Yea
Heinert, Pat D.	Republican	Yea
Henderson, Donna	Republican	Yea
Hendrix, Jared	Republican	Yea
Holle, Dawson	Republican	Yea
Hoverson, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Johnson, Jorin	Republican	Yea
Johnston, Daniel	Republican	Yea
Jonas, Jim	Republican	Yea
Karls, Karen	Republican	Yea
Kasper, Jim	Republican	Nay
Kempenich, Keith	Republican	Yea
Kiefert, Dwight	Republican	Yea
Klemin, Lawrence R.	Republican	Yea
Koppelman, Ben	Republican	Yea
Lefor, Mike	Republican	Yea
Longmuir, Donald W.	Republican	Yea
Louser, Scott	Republican	Yea
Maki, Roger A.	Republican	Yea
Marschall, Andrew	Republican	Yea
Martinson, Bob	Republican	Yea
McLeod, Carrie	Republican	Yea
Meier, Lisa	Republican	Yea
Monson, David	Republican	Yea
Morton, Desiree	Republican	Yea
Motschenbacher, Mike	Republican	Yea
Murphy, Eric J.	Republican	Yea
Nathe, Mike	Republican	Not Voting
Nehring, Dennis	Republican	Yea
Nelson, Jon O.	Republican	Yea
Novak, Anna S.	Republican	Yea
O'Brien, Emily	Republican	Yea
Olson, Jeremy	Republican	Yea
Osowski, Doug	Republican	Yea
Ostlie, Mitch	Republican	Yea
Porter, Todd	Republican	Not Voting
Pyle, Brandy L.	Republican	Yea
Richter, David	Republican	Yea
Rios, Nico	Republican	Yea
Rohr, Karen M.	Republican	Yea
Ruby, Dan	Republican	Yea
Ruby, Matthew	Republican	Yea
Sanford, Mark	Republican	Yea
Satrom, Bernie	Republican	Yea
Schatz, Mike	Republican	Yea
Schauer, Austen	Republican	Yea
Schreiber-Beck, Cynthia	Republican	Yea
Steiner, Vicky	Republican	Yea
Stemen, Gregory	Republican	Yea
Swiontek, Steve	Republican	Yea
Toman, Nathan	Republican	Yea
Tveit, Bill	Republican	Yea
VanWinkle, Lori	Republican	Yea
Vetter, Steve	Republican	Yea
Vigesaa, Don	Republican	Yea
Vollmer, Daniel R.	Republican	Yea
Wagner, Scott	Republican	Yea
Warrey, Jonathan	Republican	Yea
Weisz, Robin	Republican	Yea
Wolff, Christina	Republican	Yea

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Final Passage

February 14, 2025

Passed 44 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	38	0	0	3
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	0
Total	44	0	0	3
% of votes cast	94%	0%	0%	6%

How each member voted (47)

Member	Party	Vote
van Oosting	—	Yea
Boschee, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Braunberger, Ryan	Democratic	Yea
Hogan, Kathy	Democratic	Yea
Marcellais, Richard	Democratic	Yea
Mathern, Tim	Democratic	Yea
Axtman, Michelle	Republican	Yea
Barta, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Beard, Todd	Republican	Yea
Bekkedahl, Brad	Republican	Yea
Boehm, Keith	Republican	Yea
Burckhard, Randy A.	Republican	Yea
Castaneda, Jose L.	Republican	Yea
Cleary, Sean	Republican	Yea
Clemens, David A.	Republican	Yea
Conley, Cole	Republican	Yea
Cory, Claire	Republican	Yea
Davison, Kyle	Republican	Yea
Dever, Dick	Republican	Yea
Dwyer, Michael	Republican	Yea
Enget, Mark	Republican	Yea
Erbele, Robert	Republican	Not Voting
Gerhardt, Justin	Republican	Yea
Hogue, David	Republican	Yea
Kessel, Greg	Republican	Yea
Klein, Jerry	Republican	Yea
Larson, Diane	Republican	Yea
Lee, Judy	Republican	Yea
Lemm, Randy D.	Republican	Yea
Luick, Larry	Republican	Yea
Magrum, Jeffery J.	Republican	Yea
Meyer, Scott	Republican	Yea
Myrdal, Janne	Republican	Not Voting
Patten, Dale	Republican	Yea
Paulson, Bob	Republican	Yea
Powers, Michelle	Republican	Yea
Roers, Kristin	Republican	Yea
Rummel, Dean	Republican	Yea
Schaible, Donald	Republican	Yea
Sickler, Jonathan	Republican	Not Voting
Sorvaag, Ronald	Republican	Yea
Thomas, Paul J.	Republican	Yea
Walen, Chuck	Republican	Yea
Wanzek, Terry M.	Republican	Yea
Weber, Mark F.	Republican	Yea
Weston, Kent	Republican	Yea
Wobbema, Mike	Republican	Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2153 do?: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 61-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water conveyance projects and works.
Who sponsors SB 2153?: SB 2153 is sponsored by Dwyer, Michael (Republican), Weber, Mark F. (Republican), Sorvaag, Ronald (Republican), Rep. Brandenburg, Mike, Rep. Mitskog, Alisa, and Jared C. Hagert.
What is the current status of SB 2153?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2025. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 2153?: Track SB 2153 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

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At a glance

Identifier: SB 2153
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Session: 69-2025 Assembly
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 07, 2025
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Dwyer, Michael

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