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SB 2049 North Dakota Senate · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-35-15.2, 54-59-01, subsection 8 of section 54-59-05, and section 54-59-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to executive steering committees of major information technology projects.

SB 2049 amends specific sections of North Dakota's laws governing executive steering committees for major state information technology projects. It updates requirements for these committees, which oversee large IT initiatives across state agencies. The bill directly affects state agencies managing significant IT projects by modifying committee structure or responsibilities as outlined in the amended code sections (54-35-15.2, 54-59-01, 54-59-05, and 54-59-32). This is a procedural update to administrative governance, not a substantive policy change.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Apr 3, 2025
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What changed between versions

FIRST ENGROSSMENT → Enrollment · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill updates the requirements for North Dakota's information technology oversight, clarifying thresholds for projects requiring committee review and adding specific oversight criteria for higher education projects. The changes aim to improve accountability for major IT investments across state agencies and institutions.
Scope change
The bill expands oversight requirements to include specific criteria for higher education projects and clarifies cost thresholds for projects requiring executive steering committee review.
REQUIREMENT

Clarified that major IT projects costing $500,000 or more must meet specific criteria (cost, duration, or impact) to require committee review, correcting text errors in the original draft.

Added specific oversight requirements for higher education projects that significantly impact the statewide network, library system, or handle administrative student/financial records.

Corrected text errors where 'thousandmillion' appeared instead of 'thousand' in cost threshold descriptions.

TECHNICAL

Updated formatting and page numbering from 'FIRST ENGROSSED' version to final 'Enrollment' version with corrected legislative session dates.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House Mar 26, 2025

How they voted

47–0
Passed
Total votes 47
Feb 7, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican42
42 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Apr 4, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03
legislature
Apr 3, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor 04/02
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 09:45
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0
upper
Jan 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Hearing 10:15
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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