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SB 2406NORTH DAKOTASession 202503State Billdead

Did Not Advance

North Dakota bill bans state agencies from signing data center nondisclosure agreements

Original title: A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 44-04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting agencies from entering nondisclosure agreements concerning data centers and industrial projects; to provide a penalty; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

Last action · September 3, 2026: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 15 nays 32Sponsors: Tim Mathern and 4 others

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What This Bill Proposed

North Dakota failed to pass a bill that would have prohibited state agencies and local governments from entering s with data center and industrial project developers. The measure would have voided existing non-disclosure agreements, blocked project approvals for violating developers, and imposed a $1,000 civil penalty on agencies. The legislation was set to expire on June 30, 2027.

Why it matters

The measure would have altered how local and state governments negotiate with large industrial developers by forcing all site, energy demand, water usage, and environmental impact discussions into the public record.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Data center and industrial project developers

Developers must declare under penalty of perjury that they have not signed prohibited nondisclosure agreements and face permit revocation if they violate the rule.

Directly affected

State agencies and political subdivisions

Agencies are prohibited from entering confidentiality agreements regarding industrial projects and face civil penalties up to one thousand dollars for violations.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What documents or information would have been covered by the nondisclosure ban?

The ban covered information about the location, siting, construction, modification, expansion, energy demand and type, water usage, utility interconnection, and community or environmental impacts of data centers and industrial projects.

What penalties did agencies face for violating the nondisclosure ban?

An agency that violated the chapter would have been subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation, recoverable in an action brought by the attorney general or a state's attorney.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.

Procedural history

5 actions

Sep 3, 2026Senate
Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 15 nays 32
Sep 3, 2026SenateCommittee
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
Sep 2, 2026SenateCommittee
Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 2 0
Sep 2, 2026HouseCommittee
Committee Hearing 10:30
Sep 2, 2026SenateIntroduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Joint Policy Committee

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