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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota SB 2062 authorizes online bidding advertisements for state highway and construction projects
Last action · March 10, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 4 nays 89
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 2062 allows the Department of Transportation to advertise construction contract bids and equipment purchases online or through electronic formats alongside traditional newspaper publication. The bill failed to pass in the House on March 10, 2025.
Changes the legal methods the state may use to notify contractors of public works and supply bids, moving beyond mandatory local newspaper advertisements to include digital platforms.
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.
Department of Transportation
Gains the statutory option to use online and electronic formats for advertising construction and supply bids.
Qualified contractors
May receive bid solicitations and project notices via electronic formats and department websites rather than print newspapers.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
9 actions- Mar 10, 2025HouseSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 4 nays 89
- Mar 7, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 12 0 2
- Mar 6, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:15
- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee
- Jan 20, 2025HouseReceived from Senate
- Jan 17, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 36 nays 11
Show 3 earlier actions
- Jan 16, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 2 0
- Jan 9, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 01:30
- Jan 7, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Transportation Committee
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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