A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the office of management and budget for a grant; and to declare an emergency.

69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26) Introduced by Jeff Barta and 4 co-sponsors

Provides a one-time $36,318 disaster-relief grant from OMB to reimburse the Private Investigation and Security Board for unlawful pipeline protest costs, effective immediately.

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 7 nays 40

Bill Summary — SB 2266 (as described)

Note: The materials supplied include two different measures both labeled “SB 2266.” This summary focuses on the appropriation / emergency bill described in your title and the appropriation language in the documents (the North Dakota-style text). The packet also contains an unrelated Illinois enactment (Public Act 104‑0026) amending water-supply regulations; I can prepare a separate summary of that law on request.

Purpose / Intent

To provide a one-time, limited appropriation from the state disaster relief fund to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) so OMB can make a grant to the Private Investigation and Security Board to reimburse costs the Board incurred as a result of an unlawful pipeline protest. The bill declares the measure an emergency so the appropriation is effective immediately.

Key provisions

One-time appropriation: $36,318 (or so much as may be necessary) is appropriated from the state disaster relief fund to the Office of Management and Budget.

Use of funds: OMB is authorized to provide a grant to the Private Investigation and Security Board to cover costs incurred due to an unlawful protest of a pipeline.

Time limit: The appropriation covers expenditures beginning on the bill’s effective date and ending June 30, 2025 (the 2023–25 biennium).

Funding characterization: Explicitly identified as one-time funding.

Emergency clause: The act is declared an emergency measure, making it effective immediately upon enactment.

Who is affected

Primary recipient: Private Investigation and Security Board (direct beneficiary; reimbursed for specified costs).

Fiscal/administrative: Office of Management and Budget (administers the grant).

Fiscal impact: Reduction of available balance in the state disaster relief fund by up to $36,318 (one-time). The fiscal effect is modest given the stated amount, but it reduces disaster-relief fund balance for other potential uses.

Indirectly affected parties: Entities or individuals involved in pipeline protests, state oversight entities, and stakeholders concerned with use of the disaster relief fund for security-related reimbursements.

Procedural / timeline notes

The text includes an emergency clause; when enacted it takes effect immediately.

The appropriation is limited to the 2023–25 biennium and expires June 30, 2025.

Your supplied “Bill Information” lists status as “Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 7 nays 40” (introduced March 11, 2025). If you want, I can reconcile the full legislative history and final status from the legislative journals for the relevant state (North Dakota or the state whose actions you intended).

If you intended the other SB 2266 (Illinois Public Act 104‑0026 amending the Environmental Protection Act and Illinois Groundwater Protection Act), tell me and I will produce a separate, focused summary of that enactment.