AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of veterans' affairs for a veterans' national cemetery grant; to authorize a line of credit; and to provide for a report.
SB 2265 authorizes North Dakota's Department of Veterans' Affairs to borrow up to $3 million from the Bank of North Dakota during the 2025-2027 biennium. This one-time funding is specifically for granting a nonprofit organization to cover construction costs of a welcome center, parking lot, and related infrastructure at a state veterans' national cemetery. The bill requires the department to certify U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs oversight before using funds and mandates repayment of the line of credit via a separate legislative appropriation. It also requires the grant recipient to submit detailed financial reports to the department, which must then share these with the legislative audit committee.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 20, 2025
Signed May 2, 2025
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SECOND ENGROSSMENT
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MODERATE
The bill was finalized from its second engrossment stage to enrollment, adding formal certification signatures from Senate and House leadership, the Governor's approval section, and vote counts. The substantive policy content regarding the $3 million line of credit for a veterans' cemetery welcome center remained unchanged, though minor text edits occurred (e.g., 'welcome center' replacing 'chapel' in the purpose description).
TECHNICAL
Added formal enrollment certification language including signatures for Senate President, Speaker of the House, Secretary of the Senate, Chief Clerk of the House, and Governor approval sections.
Added vote counts showing Senate approval (46-0) and House approval (88-1) with attendance records.
Removed original bill page numbering and line numbers that were used during the legislative drafting process.
SCOPE
Changed the project description from 'chapel, parking lot, and related infrastructure' to 'welcome center, parking lot, and related infrastructure' in the funding purpose section.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 24, 2025 · House Apr 15, 2025
How they voted
46–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 47
Apr 24, 2025
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican42
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
20
Committee
15
Jun 11, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02
legislature
May 2, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor 05/02
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 88 nays 1
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference committee report adopted
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report adopted
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference committee appointed T. Brown Grindberg Rohr
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference committee appointed Cleary Meyer Magrum
upper
Apr 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Request return from committee
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Appropriations
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 89 nays 3
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 0 2
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Appropriations
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back, do pass 10 4 0
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 09:30
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Appropriations
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Hearing 10:00
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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